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Quotes by Roman Authors
"Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system."
"It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory."
"They laboriously do nothing."
"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."
"It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity."
"The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture."
"The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil."
"I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone."
"We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war."
"The opportunity is often lost by deliberating."
"I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments."
"No obligation to do the impossible is binding."
"Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues."
"You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine."
"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept."
"Your wealth is where your friends are."
"It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors."
"I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome."
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