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Quotes by Roman Authors

"Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even."
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Horace
"Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even."
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"It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess."
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Seneca
"It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess."
"No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests."
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Sallust
"No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests."
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"The sun has not yet set for all time."
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Titus Livius
"The sun has not yet set for all time."
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"That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer."
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Phaedrus
"That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer."
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"Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth."
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Phaedrus
"Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth."
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"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man."
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Pliny the Elder
"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man."
"Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own."
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Titus Livius
"Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own."
"Whatever advice you give, be short."
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Horace
"Whatever advice you give, be short."
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"Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing."
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Aurelius Prudentius
"Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing."
"There is no salvation outside the church."
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Aurelius August
"There is no salvation outside the church."
"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."
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Sextus Propertius
"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."
"When the vision is clear, the results will appear. Keep your mindset positive as you work your plan, flourish, and always remember why you started."
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Germany Kent
"When the vision is clear, the results will appear. Keep your mindset positive as you work your plan, flourish, and always remember why you started."
"God has already equipped you with the skills you need to achieve your dreams. If you just try, work hard, take control of your destiny, remain true to yourself and believe it is possible, you will have unlimited power to achieve the impossible."
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Germany Kent
"God has already equipped you with the skills you need to achieve your dreams. If you just try, work hard, take control of your destiny, remain true to yourself and believe it is possible, you will have unlimited power to achieve the impossible."
"But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship."
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Lactantius
"But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship."
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"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods."
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Seneca
"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods."
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"You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say."
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Marcus Aurelius
"You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say."
"For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?"
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Saint Augustine
"For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?"
"Your life is what your thoughts make it."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Your life is what your thoughts make it."
"Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason."
"Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence."
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Saint Augustine
"Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence."
"The sun shines even on the wicked."
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Seneca
"The sun shines even on the wicked."
"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
"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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"You are not the mind itself. For You are the Lord God of the mind. All these things are liable to change, but You remain immutable above all things."
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Saint Augustine
"You are not the mind itself. For You are the Lord God of the mind. All these things are liable to change, but You remain immutable above all things."
"Look beneath the surface, let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Look beneath the surface, let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee."
"With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright."
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Germany Kent
"With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright."
"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
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Publilius Syrus
"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
"Hard work works harder than luck!"
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Germany Kent
"Hard work works harder than luck!"
"The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it."
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Saint Augustine
"The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it."
"Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue."
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Seneca
"Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue."
"We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue."
"It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty."
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Germany Kent
"It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty."
"A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty."
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Seneca
"A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty."
"It is quality rather than quantity that matters."
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Seneca
"It is quality rather than quantity that matters."
"Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don't intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend."
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Germany Kent
"Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don't intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend."
"Life is a stranger's sojourn a night at an inn."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Life is a stranger's sojourn a night at an inn."
"The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind."
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Lactantius
"The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind."
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"Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and for your healing. We thank you God for the opportunity to just be a vessel for your kingdom. God we trust you, we love you, we honor you, and all glory is yours. Amen."
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Germany Kent
"Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and for your healing. We thank you God for the opportunity to just be a vessel for your kingdom. God we trust you, we love you, we honor you, and all glory is yours. Amen."
"There is nothing more shameful than perfidious friendship."
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Marcus Aurelius
"There is nothing more shameful than perfidious friendship."
"No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority."
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Titus Livius
"No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority."
"We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest."
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Horace
"We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest."
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"Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them."
"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."
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Seneca
"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."
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"If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live."
"Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him."
"Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee."
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Saint Augustine
"Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee."
"Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him."
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Phaedrus
"Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him."
"The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet."
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Titus Flavius Vespasian
"The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet."
"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
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