39 quotes found
Poet (AD 39–65) · Roman
Roman poet (AD 39–65)
“Iusque datum sceleri.”
“Stat magni nominis umbra.”
“Mensuraque jurisvis erat.”
“Bella...plus quam civilia.”
“Longae...vitae Mors media est.”
“Arma tenentiomnia dat, qui justa negat.”
“Decadent cooks go one step further and make sculptures of the food itself. If life is to be spent in pursuit of the extravagant, the extreme, the grotesque, the bizarre, then one's diet should refl...”
“Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.”
“A man of honor does swiftly that which must be done.”
“And they are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man from slavery.”
“Another of the great civilizations, the Aztecs, raised a breed of hairless chihuahuas especially for eating. When the Conquistadors arrived and found dog on the menu, they were of the same opinion ...”
“The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.”
“Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.”
“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.”
“The best mask for demoralization is daring.”
“Nulli penitus descendere ferrocontigit; alta sedent civilis volnera dextrae.”
“Invida fatorum series summisque negatumstare diu nimioque graves sub pondere lapsusnec se Roma ferens.”
“In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebuscrescendi posuere modum.”
“Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestasinpatiens consortis erit.”
“Quis iustius induit armascire nefas: magno se iudice quisque tuetur;Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni.”
“Sed non in Caesare tantumnomen erat nec fama ducis, sed nescia virtusstare loco, solusque pudor non vincere bello.”
“Fecunda virorumpaupertas fugitur totoque accersitur orbequo gens quaeque perit.”
