--- title: "2 Virgil Aeneid Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 2 Virgil Aeneid quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Virgil Aeneid sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/richard-flanagan-2253_another-world_he-pulled-out-a-book-here-and-there-but_1823255.jpg" --- > [“He pulled out a book here and there, but what kept catching his attention were the diagonal tunnels of sunlight rolling in through the dormer windows. All around him dust motes rose and fell, shimmering, quivering in those shafts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/he-pulled-out-a-book-here-and-there-but-what-kept-catching-his/) [Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/richard-flanagan-2253_another-world_he-pulled-out-a-book-here-and-there-but_1823255.jpg) > [“Arma virumque cano…." \*Literally: "I sing of arms and man". \_\_I sing the praises of a man's struggles\_\_” Translation of the opening verses of the first book of Virgil´s Aeneid, by John Dryden( XVII century) "Arms, and the man I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virgil/arma-virumque-cano-literally-i-sing-of-arms-and-man-i-sing-the-2/) [Virgil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virgil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/virgil-1205_amor_arma-virumque-cano-literally-i-sing-of-a_2822008.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgil-aeneid/#itemlist", "name": "Virgil Aeneid Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He pulled out a book here and there, but what kept catching his attention were the diagonal tunnels of sunlight rolling in through the dormer windows. 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