Quotes by Roman/Rome authors (page 27)

"Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself"

"Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again"

"Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"The only certainty is that nothing is certain"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings"

Quintus Tullius Cicero, Soldier

"Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"Truth is the daughter of time"

Aulus Gellius, Author

"Whether will the twain will ye that I release unto you?"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?"

Boethius, Philosopher

"For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy"

Boethius, Philosopher

"Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee"

Pontius Pilate, Politician

"Home is where the heart is"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine"

Germanicus, Soldier

"Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years"

Ausonius, Poet

"Alas, I think I am becoming a god"

Titus, Statesman

"When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness"

Ausonius, Poet

"Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law"

Boethius, Philosopher

"No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly"

Ausonius, Poet

"Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have"

Flavius Josephus, Historian

"Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time"

Aulus Gellius, Author

"I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding"

Flavius Josephus, Historian