When a man is just and firm in his purpose, The citizens burning to approve a wrong Or the frowning looks of a tyrant Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind. Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic, Nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove: Should the heavens crack and tumble down, As the ruins crushed him he would not fear.
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.
Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.]
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.
Words challenge eternity.
Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]
Don't waste the opportunity.
There is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and when they're not asked to sing they never stop.
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.
Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Leave the rest to the gods.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
Faults are soon copied.
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
Envy is not to be conquered but by death.
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar?
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