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Quotes by Roman Authors

"The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth."

"The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Wealth, Simplicity, Focus, Discipline

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"The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

"The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

Horace, Roman Poet

Anger, Temper, Will

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"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."

"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"From the end spring new beginnings."

"From the end spring new beginnings."

Pliny the Elder, Roman Author

Beginning, Beginnings, End, Spring

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"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

Wisdom, Nature, Glory

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"No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing."

"No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing."

Claudius, Roman Leader

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"A word to the wise is enough."

"A word to the wise is enough."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

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"There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it."

"There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Resilience, Patience, Solace, Endurance

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"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."

"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."

Horace, Roman Poet

Happiness, Man, Mind, World

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"The bare recollection of anger kindles anger."

"The bare recollection of anger kindles anger."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

13

"Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters."

"Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Purpose, Life, Art, Excellence, Time

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"That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty."

"That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Ambition, Ostentation, Pride

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"Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery."

"Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Society, Slavery, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"Life is warfare."

"Life is warfare."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Life, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door."

"It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Self-Awareness, Fire, Folly

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"The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal."

"The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Beauty, Superiority, Wealth, Fame

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"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

Terence, Roman Writer

Family, Fathers, Judges

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"To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better."

"To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better."

Claudius, Roman Leader

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"When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."

"When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

Law, Laws, State

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"Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself."

"Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Grief, End, Statesman

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"When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus."

"When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus."

Lactantius, Roman Author

Woman, Women, Temple, Hair, Military

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"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."

"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."

Pontius Pilate, Roman Politician

People, Fault, Man

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"Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible."

"Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible."

Sallust, Roman Historian

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"Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."

"Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

Thought, Abuse, Will

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"Whether will the twain will ye that I release unto you?"

"Whether will the twain will ye that I release unto you?"

Pontius Pilate, Roman Politician

12

"A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them."

"A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them."

Horace, Roman Poet

Adaptation, Feet, Fortune

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"As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay."

"As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Health, Beginning, Blessings, End

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"He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound."

"He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Love, Health, Gods, Senses

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"Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them."

"Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them."

Horace, Roman Poet

Trustworthiness, Open, Will

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"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."

"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Learning, Day, Yesterday

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"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own."

"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Quality, Faults, Fool, Forget

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"The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not."

"The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Moderation, Miser, Want

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"No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds."

"No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

12

"The best interpreter of the law is custom."

"The best interpreter of the law is custom."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

12

"Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not."

"Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not."

Terence, Roman Writer

Wealth, Blessings, Mind, Value

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"Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."

"Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."

Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Roman Philosopher

Fear, Fortune, Future, Present

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"Here is your great soul-the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is a weakling and a degenerate who struggles and maligns the order of the universe and would rather reform the gods than reform himself."

"Here is your great soul-the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is a weakling and a degenerate who struggles and maligns the order of the universe and would rather reform the gods than reform himself."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Stoicism, Fate, Strength, Philosophy, Freedom

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"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

12

"It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it."

"It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it."

Junius, Roman Satirist

12

"Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord."

"Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Necessity, Harmony

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"This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler."

"This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Alcohol, Cunning, Fault, First, Wine

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"See how these Christians love one another."

"See how these Christians love one another."

Tertullian, Roman Author

12

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."

"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."

Quintilian, Roman Educator

Work, Talent, Agriculture, Profit

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"Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave."

"Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave."

Sextus Propertius, Roman Poet

Age, Death, Grave, Name

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"Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire."

"Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire."

Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Roman Philosopher

Desire, Forbidden

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"Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness."

"Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

History, Greatness, Beginnings, Now, Rome

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"But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession."

"But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession."

Lactantius, Roman Author

God, Sex, Difference

12

"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."

"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."

Quintilian, Roman Educator

Ambition, Cause, Vice

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"One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions."

"One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions."

Horace, Roman Poet

Uncertainty, Error, Right

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