# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> With that
>
> and with all his might the old man flings his spear—
>
> but too impotent now to pierce, it merely grazes
>
> Pyrrhus' brazen shield that blocks its way
>
> and clings there, dangling limp from the boss,
>
> all for nothing.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): Sic fatus senior telumque imbelle sine ictu / Coniecit, rauco quod protinus aere repulsum, / Et summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aeneid#Book_II) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/with-that-and

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