Quotes by Roman/Rome authors (page 23)

"Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame"

Tertullian, Author

"It is certain because it is impossible"

Tertullian, Author

"Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy"

Tertullian, Author

"Fear is the foundation of safety"

Tertullian, Author

"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?"

Tertullian, Author

"Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not"

Tertullian, Author

"The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'"

Tertullian, Author

"Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it"

Tertullian, Author

"The first reaction to truth is hatred"

Tertullian, Author

"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church"

Tertullian, Author

"Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities"

Marcus Terentius Varro, Author

"What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"

Marcus Terentius Varro, Author

"Nature made the fields and man the cities"

Marcus Terentius Varro, Author

"Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none"

Marcus Valerius Martial, Poet

"Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be"

Quintilian, Educator

"He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity"

Quintilian, Educator

"For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set"

Quintilian, Educator

"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture"

Quintilian, Educator

"Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"The temple of Ceres should be in a solitary spot out of the city, to which the public are not necessarily led but for the purpose of sacrificing to her"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day"

Marcus Valerius Martial, Poet

"Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues"

Quintilian, Educator

"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish"

Quintilian, Educator

"Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune"

Quintilian, Educator

"Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very different from the same in an open space"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing"

Quintilian, Educator

"A liar should have a good memory"

Quintilian, Educator

"A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue"

Quintilian, Educator

"Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite"

Quintilian, Educator

"A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere"

Marcus Valerius Martial, Poet

"It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity"

Quintilian, Educator

"It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate"

Quintilian, Educator

"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept"

Quintilian, Educator

"God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech"

Quintilian, Educator

"But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

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