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Quotes by Roman Authors
"Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him."
"That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place."
"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
"Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand."
"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."
"The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true."
"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""
"The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not."
"A good reputation is more valuable than money."
"The opportunity is often lost by deliberating."
"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."
"The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct."
"There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse."
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