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Quotes by Roman Authors
"But if you do not wish to die of thirst in the desert, drink charity. This is the fountain the Lord has willed to place here, lest we faint on the way, and we shall drink it more abundantly when we come to the Fatherland."
"Success consecrates the most offensive crimes."
"The great soul surrenders itself to fate."
"Her clear conscience mocked rumour's mendacity, But we are a mob prone to credit sin."
"Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better."
"My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable."
"Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved."
"The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas,at the long course of the rivers,at the vast compass of the ocean,at the circular motion of the stars,and yet they pass by themselves without wondering."
"Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?"
"The end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest."
"For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""
"Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war."
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"As in the case of wines that improve with age the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful."
"When consent takes the form of seeking to possess the things we wish, this is called desire. When consent takes the form of enjoying the things we wish, this is called joy."
"What should you, O man, do, you who seek your own glory whenever you do anything good, while when you do something bad, you figure out ways to blame God."
"He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother."
"Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou it. It has that within which must offend Thine eyes; I confess and know it. But who shall cleanse it? or to whom should I cry, save Thee? Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults, and spare Thy servant from the power of the enemy. I believe, and therefore do I speak."
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