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Quotes by Roman Authors

"Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all."
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Seneca
"Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all."
"Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline."
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Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
"Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline."
"Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing."
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Horace
"Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing."
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"I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason."
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Juvenal
"I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason."
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"Ability without honor is useless."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Ability without honor is useless."
"The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body."
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Marcus Fabius Quintilian
"The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body."
"My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope."
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Ovid
"My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope."
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"Hit the reset button. Whatever happened yesterday, forget about it. Get a new perspective. Today is a new day. Fresh start, begins now."
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Germany Kent
"Hit the reset button. Whatever happened yesterday, forget about it. Get a new perspective. Today is a new day. Fresh start, begins now."
"How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for."
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Terence
"How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for."
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"From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers."
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Lucretius
"From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers."
"Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish."
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Julius Caesar
"Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish."
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"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish."
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Marcus Fabius Quintilian
"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish."
"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
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Seneca
"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
"Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising."
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Titus Maccius Plautus
"Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising."
"To the sick while there is life there is hope."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"To the sick while there is life there is hope."
"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."
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Seneca
"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."
"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
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Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
"Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction."
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Germany Kent
"Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction."
"Before beginning, plan carefully."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Before beginning, plan carefully."
"Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive."
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Germany Kent
"Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive."
"Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself."
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Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself."
"A word to the wise is enough."
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Titus Maccius Plautus
"A word to the wise is enough."
"An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them."
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Seneca
"An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them."
"Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery."
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Seneca
"Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery."
"True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong."
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Seneca
"True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong."
"There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty."
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Titus Livius
"There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty."
"True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long."
"Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly."
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Quintilian
"Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly."
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"Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment."
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Titus Livius
"Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment."
"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."
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Titus Livius
"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."
"Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men."
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Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men."
"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."
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Julius Caesar
"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."
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"Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground."
"Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop."
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Tacitus
"Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop."
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"What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another."
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Virgil
"What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another."
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"Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life."
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Lucretius
"Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life."
"There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed."
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Titus Livius
"There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed."
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"He whom many fear, has himself many to fear."
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Publilius Syrus
"He whom many fear, has himself many to fear."
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"Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them."
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Titus Livius
"Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them."
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"But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession."
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Lactantius
"But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession."
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"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."
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Quintilian
"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."
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"The result showed that fortune helps the brave."
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Titus Livius
"The result showed that fortune helps the brave."
"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."
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Seneca
"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."
"There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?"
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Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?"
"No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers."
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Horace
"No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers."
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"All the things I've ever wanted to say suddenly I've been bold enough to say them on Social Media."
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Germany Kent
"All the things I've ever wanted to say suddenly I've been bold enough to say them on Social Media."
"Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law."
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Boethius
"Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law."
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"Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed."
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Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed."
"What you post online speaks VOLUME about who you really are. POST with intention. REPOST with caution."
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Germany Kent
"What you post online speaks VOLUME about who you really are. POST with intention. REPOST with caution."
"Where a man can live, he can also live well."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Where a man can live, he can also live well."
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