Quotes by Roman authors
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman
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
Never promise more than you can perform.
Publilius Syrus
Writer
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
Publilius Syrus
Writer
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Philosopher
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
Lucan
Roman poet
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Publilius Syrus
Writer
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Publilius Syrus
Writer
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
Ignatius Of Antioch
Apostolic
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
Ovid
Roman poet
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
Plautus
Roman playwright
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
Ovid
Roman poet
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Philosopher
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Ovid
Roman poet
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Martin Luther
Priest
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Publilius Syrus
Writer
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
Lucretius
Poet
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
Lucretius
Poet
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
Ovid
Roman poet
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
Martin Luther
Priest
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