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Quotes by Roman Authors

"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."
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Ovid
"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."
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"You should always be ready to apply these two rules of action, the first, to do nothing other than what the kingly and law-making art ordains for the benefits of humankind, and, the second, to be prepared to change your mind if someone is at hand to put you right and guide you away from some groundless opinion."
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Marcus Aurelius
"You should always be ready to apply these two rules of action, the first, to do nothing other than what the kingly and law-making art ordains for the benefits of humankind, and, the second, to be prepared to change your mind if someone is at hand to put you right and guide you away from some groundless opinion."
"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love."
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Ovid
"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love."
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"Don't live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally."
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Germany Kent
"Don't live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally."
"So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you."
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Seneca
"So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you."
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"Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well."
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Germany Kent
"Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well."
"Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion."
"Seven Ways To Get Ahead in Business: 1. Be forward thinking 2. Be inventive, and daring 3. Do the right thing 4. Be honest and straight forward 5. Be willing to change, to learn, to grow 6. Work hard and be yourself 7. Lead by example."
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Germany Kent
"Seven Ways To Get Ahead in Business: 1. Be forward thinking 2. Be inventive, and daring 3. Do the right thing 4. Be honest and straight forward 5. Be willing to change, to learn, to grow 6. Work hard and be yourself 7. Lead by example."
"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them."
"Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely."
"The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow."
"A man's life is what his thoughts make it."
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Marcus Aurelius
"A man's life is what his thoughts make it."
"You can't be jealous of someone else's results. You don't know the prayer, process, sacrifice, and work they endured for it."
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Germany Kent
"You can't be jealous of someone else's results. You don't know the prayer, process, sacrifice, and work they endured for it."
"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."
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Ovid
"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."
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"If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong."
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Germany Kent
"If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong."
"Reason shows us there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."
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Seneca
"Reason shows us there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."
"Spurn everything that is added by way of decoration and display by unneccesary labour. Relect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything."
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Seneca
"Spurn everything that is added by way of decoration and display by unneccesary labour. Relect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything."
"To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you'll get through it."
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Germany Kent
"To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you'll get through it."
"When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up."
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Germany Kent
"When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up."
"Neglect of appearance becomes men."
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Ovid
"Neglect of appearance becomes men."
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"Where God guides, He provides. No matter how things look, God is still in control. Stay in peace and be hopeful. Your blessing is coming soon."
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Germany Kent
"Where God guides, He provides. No matter how things look, God is still in control. Stay in peace and be hopeful. Your blessing is coming soon."
"Be transparent. Let's build a community that allows hard questions and honest conversations so we can stir up transformation in one another."
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Germany Kent
"Be transparent. Let's build a community that allows hard questions and honest conversations so we can stir up transformation in one another."
"Twitter is a vessel that we can use to share #positivity to others through our timeline one tweet at a time."
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Germany Kent
"Twitter is a vessel that we can use to share #positivity to others through our timeline one tweet at a time."
"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low."
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Ovid
"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low."
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"F you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen."
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Seneca
"F you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen."
"What do I love when I love my God?"
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Saint Augustine
"What do I love when I love my God?"
"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."
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Horace
"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."
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"Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them."
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Germany Kent
"Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them."
"If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it's ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don't let anything disturb your peace, and carry on."
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Germany Kent
"If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it's ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don't let anything disturb your peace, and carry on."
"Success will teach you who your real friends are."
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Germany Kent
"Success will teach you who your real friends are."
"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."
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Horace
"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."
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"Every sin is the result of a collaboration."
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Seneca
"Every sin is the result of a collaboration."
"Lifting lives, 140 characters at a time."
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Germany Kent
"Lifting lives, 140 characters at a time."
"For I am aware what ability is requisite to persuade the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene."
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Saint Augustine
"For I am aware what ability is requisite to persuade the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene."
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
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Marcus Aurelius
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
"Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not."
"The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late."
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Ovid
"The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late."
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"Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering."
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Seneca
"Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering."
"Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person."
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Germany Kent
"Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person."
"No man was ever wise by chance."
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Seneca
"No man was ever wise by chance."
"Words need to be sown like seeds. No matter how tiny a seed may be, when in lands in the right sort of ground it unfolds its strength and from being minute expands and grows to a massive size."
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Seneca
"Words need to be sown like seeds. No matter how tiny a seed may be, when in lands in the right sort of ground it unfolds its strength and from being minute expands and grows to a massive size."
"Living in peace has transformative power!"
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Germany Kent
"Living in peace has transformative power!"
"Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts."
"On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not the man who has little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
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Seneca
"On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not the man who has little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
"Praise does not make anything better or worse."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Praise does not make anything better or worse."
"Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with."
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Ovid
"Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with."
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"To them that ask where have you seen the Gods or how do you know for certain there are Gods that you are so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I ever seen my own soul and yet I respect and honor it."
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Marcus Aurelius
"To them that ask where have you seen the Gods or how do you know for certain there are Gods that you are so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I ever seen my own soul and yet I respect and honor it."
"It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it."
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Seneca
"It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it."
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"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."
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Ovid
"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."
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"There's nothing more insufferable than people who boast about their own humility."
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Marcus Aurelius
"There's nothing more insufferable than people who boast about their own humility."
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