Ammianus Marcellinus Quotes

• The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Truth, Communication, Simple

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• No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Christian, Beast, Dealings

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• Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Desire, Wicked, Occupation

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 148-49, Annales, XXX. 9, 1922.

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• Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of great pride and insolence. A whole troop of foreigners would not be able to withstand a single Gaul if he called his wife to his assistance, who is usually very strong, and with blue eyes

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Strong, Eye, Pride

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• Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Inspirational, Art, Truth

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• Truth is often attended with danger.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Truth, Truth Is, Danger

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• Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  May, Evening, Wheels

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 289-93, Historia, XXVI. 8, 1922.

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• No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Taken, Fate, Men

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 261-65, Historia, XXIII. 5, 1922.

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• Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result.

  Ammianus Marcellinus

  Success, Finals, Results

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 759-62, Annales, XXV. 3, 1922.

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