Quotes by Roman/Rome authors (page 22)

"Let deeds match words"

Plautus, Playwright

"Laws are subordinate to custom"

Plautus, Playwright

"Keep what you have; the known evil is best"

Plautus, Playwright

"It is well for one to know more than he says"

Plautus, Playwright

"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice"

Plautus, Playwright

"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within"

Plautus, Playwright

"I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism"

Plautus, Playwright

"How great in number are the little minded men"

Plautus, Playwright

"He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound"

Plautus, Playwright

"He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense"

Plautus, Playwright

"'He means well' is useless unless he does well"

Plautus, Playwright

"Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers"

Plautus, Playwright

"Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome"

Plautus, Playwright

"Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies"

Plautus, Playwright

"For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent"

Plautus, Playwright

"Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things"

Plautus, Playwright

"Courage in danger is half the battle"

Plautus, Playwright

"Courage easily finds its own eloquence"

Plautus, Playwright

"Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth"

Plautus, Playwright

"A word to the wise is enough"

Plautus, Playwright

"A contented mind is the best source for trouble"

Plautus, Playwright

"We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war"

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Writer

"Let him who desires peace prepare for war"

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Writer

"A handful of men, inured to war, proceed to certain victory, while on the contrary, numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes of men dragged to the slaughter"

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Writer