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Quotes by Roman Authors

"Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk."
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Seneca
"Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk."
"For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked."
"Ask God to use you. Ask Him to show you how you can be a blessing everywhere you go. Keep honoring Him so that others can see Him through you."
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Germany Kent
"Ask God to use you. Ask Him to show you how you can be a blessing everywhere you go. Keep honoring Him so that others can see Him through you."
"Religion is not removed by removing superstition."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Religion is not removed by removing superstition."
"Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."
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Horace
"Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."
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"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."
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Horace
"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."
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"Once you have rid yourself of the affliction there, though, every change of scene will become a pleasure. You may be banished to the ends of the earth, and yet in whatever outlandish corner of the world you may find yourself stationed, you will find that place, whatever it may be like, a hospitable home. Where you arrive does not matter so much as what sort of person you are when you arrive there."
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Seneca
"Once you have rid yourself of the affliction there, though, every change of scene will become a pleasure. You may be banished to the ends of the earth, and yet in whatever outlandish corner of the world you may find yourself stationed, you will find that place, whatever it may be like, a hospitable home. Where you arrive does not matter so much as what sort of person you are when you arrive there."
"The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave."
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Seneca
"The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave."
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"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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"Once you believe that you can do something, there is not a single person in the universe who can convince you otherwise."
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Germany Kent
"Once you believe that you can do something, there is not a single person in the universe who can convince you otherwise."
"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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"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."
"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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"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."
"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
"Lavish spending cloaks the dark side of generosity."
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Saint Augustine
"Lavish spending cloaks the dark side of generosity."
"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."
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Ovid
"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."
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"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."
"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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"When God is ready for you to move, He will make your situation uncomfortable."
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Germany Kent
"When God is ready for you to move, He will make your situation uncomfortable."
"The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free."
"A woman is always buying something."
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Ovid
"A woman is always buying something."
"The trip doesn't exist that can set you beyond the reach of cravings, fits of temper, or fears, so long as you carry the sources of your troubles about with you, those troubles will continue to harass and plague you wherever you wander on land or on sea. Does it surprise you that running away doesn't do you any good? The things you're running away from are with you all the time."
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Seneca
"The trip doesn't exist that can set you beyond the reach of cravings, fits of temper, or fears, so long as you carry the sources of your troubles about with you, those troubles will continue to harass and plague you wherever you wander on land or on sea. Does it surprise you that running away doesn't do you any good? The things you're running away from are with you all the time."
"You can't reach your potential by remaining in a past due season. Your breakthrough is coming. Strongholds are breaking. Get Ready!"
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Germany Kent
"You can't reach your potential by remaining in a past due season. Your breakthrough is coming. Strongholds are breaking. Get Ready!"
"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
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"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
"For in our hope we are saved."
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Saint Augustine
"For in our hope we are saved."
"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
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Seneca
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
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"I was still unteachable, being inflated with the novelty of heresy."
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Saint Augustine
"I was still unteachable, being inflated with the novelty of heresy."
"Did you know that using social media can actually help you to increase your level of thinking?"
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Germany Kent
"Did you know that using social media can actually help you to increase your level of thinking?"
"Few of us realize our potential; because if we did, we would pursue our passion and walk in our purpose."
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Germany Kent
"Few of us realize our potential; because if we did, we would pursue our passion and walk in our purpose."
"If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance."
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Marcus Aurelius
"If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance."
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
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Seneca
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
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"There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow."
"Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them."
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Seneca
"Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them."
"Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power."
"The world is mere change, and this life, opinion."
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Marcus Aurelius
"The world is mere change, and this life, opinion."
"The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure."
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Marcus Aurelius
"The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure."
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
"Look well into thyself there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Look well into thyself there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there."
"Let us be brave in the face of adversity."
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Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Let us be brave in the face of adversity."
"Don't stop believing,Don't be afraid of change,Don't underestimate yourself,Don't make excuses,Don't cheat yourself,Don't ever ever STOP!"
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Germany Kent
"Don't stop believing,Don't be afraid of change,Don't underestimate yourself,Don't make excuses,Don't cheat yourself,Don't ever ever STOP!"
"The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way."
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Seneca
"The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way."
"All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within."
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Seneca
"All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within."
"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."
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Ovid
"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."
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"How you treat:-the mailman-the cashier-the garbage man-the usher-the custodian-the receptionist-the uber driversays A LOT about you."
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Germany Kent
"How you treat:-the mailman-the cashier-the garbage man-the usher-the custodian-the receptionist-the uber driversays A LOT about you."
"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either."
"A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot."
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Saint Augustine
"A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot."
"If matters go badly now, they will not always be so."
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Horace
"If matters go badly now, they will not always be so."
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"Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive."
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive."
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