Quotes by Roman/Rome authors (page 4)

"Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses"

Virgil, Writer

"Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance"

Virgil, Writer

"Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?"

Horace, Poet

"The pen is the tongue of the mind"

Horace, Poet

"The man is either mad, or he is making verses"

Horace, Poet

"Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled"

Horace, Poet

"It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit"

Horace, Poet

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses"

Horace, Poet

"He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass"

Horace, Poet

"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance"

Horace, Poet

"Fidelity is the sister of justice"

Horace, Poet

"Don't think, just do"

Horace, Poet

"Begin, be bold and venture to be wise"

Horace, Poet

"Greater things are believed of those who are absent"

Tacitus, Historian

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws"

Tacitus, Historian

"Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure"

Tacitus, Historian

"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life"

Seneca, Philosopher

"Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised"

Juvenal, Poet

"Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior"

Juvenal, Poet

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden"

Saint Augustine, Saint