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10 Quotes for 'Decimus Magnus Ausonius' in the Database.
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Decimus Magnus Ausonius Quotes
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Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
Topic: Advice / Experience / Wisdom
Source: None
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Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again
begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
[Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit
Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]
Topic: Beginnings
Source: Epigrams (LXXXI, 1)
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Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands
for the whole.
[Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.]
Topic: Beginnings
Source: Idyllia (II, Inconnexa, 5)
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A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted
is a more agreeable favor.
[Lat., Gratia, quae tarda est, ingrata est: gratia namque
Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis.]
Topic: Favors
Source: Epigrams (LXXXII, 1)
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It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]
Topic: Fear
Source: Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (VII, 4)
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If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not
despond.
[Lat., Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli;
Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.]
Topic: Fortune
Source: Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (IV, 6)
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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there
is no witness.
[Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine teste time.]
Topic: Honor
Source: Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (III, 7)
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The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.
Topic: Honor
Source: Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (III, 7)
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Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.
[Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.]
Topic: Ingratitude
Source: Epigrams (CXL, 1)
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If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
Topic: Prudence
Source: Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (IV, 5)
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