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Quotes by Roman Authors
"You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last."
"What pulls the strings is the force hidden within there lies ... the real man."
"If we all work together there is no telling how we can change the world through the impact of promoting positivity online."
"Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them. Make it known to your friends and family that you love them."
"Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil."
"A community is nothing else than a harmonious collection of individuals."
"Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."
"Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality."
"Those who wish their virtue to be advertised are not striving for virtue but for renown. Are you not willing to be just without being renowned? Nay, indeed you must often be just and be at the same time disgraced. And then, if you are wise, let ill repute, well won, be a delight. Farewell."
"The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing."
"The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due."
"The best ideas are common property."
"Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage."
"You see it as me going back. I see it as me staying on track."
"Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, "How unlucky that this should happen to me!" Not at all! Say instead, "How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint."
"It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and--what will perhaps make you wonder more--it takes the whole of life to learn how to die."
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."
"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees."
"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."
"Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the change, be the difference, or be the inspiration. Shine your light as an example. The world needs more of that."
"It's easier to get philosophers to agree than clocks."
"All cruelty springs from weakness."
"Love of bustle is not industry."
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