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Quotes by Roman Authors
"He fashioned hell for the inquisitive."
"Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior."
"No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone."
"The verdict of the world is conclusive."
"The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances."
"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
"The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression."
"Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved."
"We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them."
"Remember that all we have is "on loan from Fortune, which can reclaim it without our permission-indeed, without even advance notice. Thus, we should love all our dear ones, but always with the thought that we have no promise that we may keep them forever-nay, no promise even that we may keep them for long."
"A friend is, as it were, a second self."
"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice."
"Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
"You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force."
"When you focus on being the best person you can be, you draw the best possible life, love, and opportunities to you."
"What once were vices are now manners."
"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."
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