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“Rest: the sweet sauce of labor”
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“Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.”
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“He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with
a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have
gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without
having a will by him.”
Repentance Quotes Source: Life of Cato (vol. II, p. 495), (Langhorne's translation)
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“A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale
and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou
art all voice and nothing else." (Vox et praeterea nibil.)”
Voice Quotes Source: Laconic Apothegms, credited to Lacon "Incert. XIII" by Lipsius
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“Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.”
Work Quotes Source: Life of Pericles
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“Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of
the world.”
Patriotism Quotes Source: On Banishment
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“. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and
well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it
pinches me."”
Shoemaking Quotes Source: Lives (vol. II, Life of Aemilius Paulus)
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“For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is
at least human.”
Errors Quotes Source: Morals--Against Colotes the Epicurean
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“Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.”
Gold Quotes Source: Life of Paulus Aemilius, quoted as a common saying, referring to Philip II of Macedon
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“He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.”
Treason Quotes Source: Life of Romulus
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“When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he
answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied,
"action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action."”
Oratory Quotes Source: Morals--Lives of the Ten Orators
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“It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against
another man's oration,--nay, it is a very easy matter; but to
produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.”
Oratory Quotes Source: Of Hearing (VI)
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“I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was
ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician.”
Medicine Quotes Source: De Sanitate tuenda (vol. II)
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“Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best
defence against a knave.”
Knavery Quotes Source: Morals (vol. 1, Of Bashfulness)
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“He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the
bush.”
Birds Quotes Source: Of Garrulity
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“Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.”
Perseverance Quotes Source: Of the Training of Children
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“The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant
falling.
[Lat., Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo.]”
Perseverance Quotes Source: Of the Training of Children
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“Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.”
Perseverance Quotes Source: Of the Training of Children
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“What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with
Lucullus?”
Eating Quotes Source: Lives--Life of Lucullus (vol. III, p. 280)
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“Like watermen who look astern while they row the boat ahead.”
Boating Quotes Source: Whether 'twas rightfully said, Live concealed
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“A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."”
Ability Quotes Source: Laconic Apothegms--Remarkable Speeches of Some Obscure Men
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“Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it
that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause
any waves?”
Navigation Quotes Source: Morals--Natural Questions (XII)
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“As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony
against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any
injury done to his bed. He only said, "He had divorced Pompeia
because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a
crime, but of the very suspicion of it."”
Suspicion Quotes Source: Life of Cicero
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“Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the
trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and
Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he
replied: "Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear
even of suspicion."”
Suspicion Quotes Source: Life of Julius Caesar
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“The wildest colts only make the best horses.”
Horses Quotes Source: Life of Themistocles
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