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Quotes by Roman Authors
"He plants trees to benefit another generation."
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment."
"There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them."
"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust."
"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it."
"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent."
"It is quality rather than quantity that matters."
"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly."
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."
"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe."
"Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder."
"Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger."
"It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life."
"Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
"From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition."
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