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Small: There stands the shadow of a glorious name
"There stands the shadow of a glorious name"
Lucan, Poet
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Small: Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name
"Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name"
Lucan, Poet
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Small: Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship
"Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship"
Lucan, Poet
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Small: I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate
"I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate"
Lucan, Poet
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Small: Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
"Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: No rival will steal away my sure love that glory will be my gray hair
"No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand
"Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Love can be put off, never abandoned
"Love can be put off, never abandoned"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent
"Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest
"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: I am climbing a difficult road but the glory gives me strength
"I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away
"Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats
"Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: By gold all good faith has been banished by gold our rights are abused the law itself is influenced by gold, a
"By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men
"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough
"Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Age makes all things greater after their death a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave
"Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: Afflicted by loves madness all are blind
"Afflicted by love's madness all are blind"
Sextus Propertius, Poet
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Small: I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble
Augustus
"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble"
Augustus, Royalty
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Small: Grant us a brief delay impulse in everything is but a worthless servant
"Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant"
Caecilius Statius, Poet
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Small: He plants trees to benefit another generation
"He plants trees to benefit another generation"
Caecilius Statius, Poet
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Small: The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze
"The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: Temerity is not always successful
"Temerity is not always successful"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes
"Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence
"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted
"It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: He will have true glory who despises it
"He will have true glory who despises it"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war
"Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole a
"No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others
"Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors
"It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: From abundance springs satiety
"From abundance springs satiety"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts
"Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts"
Titus Livius, Historian
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Small: After Im dead Id rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one
Cato the Younger
"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one"
Cato the Younger, Politician
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Small: To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to h
Tiberius
"To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand"
Tiberius, Statesman
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Small: The whole world is a mans birthplace
"The whole world is a man's birthplace"
Caecilius Statius, Poet
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Small: I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses but for the sake of precede
Tiberius
"I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change"
Tiberius, Statesman
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Small: Even though work stops, expenses run on
Cato the Younger
"Even though work stops, expenses run on"
Cato the Younger, Politician
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Small: Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
Cato the Younger
"Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses"
Cato the Younger, Politician
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Small: Power has no limits
Tiberius
"Power has no limits"
Tiberius, Statesman
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