Silius Italicus Quotes

• Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

  Silius Italicus

  Haste, Tides, Fortune

  7 Copy quote

• Groundless superstition ill befits an army; valor is the only deity that rules in the warrior's breast.

  Silius Italicus

  Change, Warrior, Army

  4 Copy quote

• Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.

  Silius Italicus

  Two, Plans

  6 Copy quote

• Do not doubt a woman's power to aid; no toil
  Can daunt a pure affection.

  Silius Italicus

  Love, Women, Doubt

  7 Copy quote

• Neither the wrath of Heaven nor the attacks of enemies
  are as fatal as Pleasure alone when she infects the mind.

  Silius Italicus

  Wrath, Heaven, Mind

  7 Copy quote

• It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.

  Silius Italicus

  Atheism, Misery, Approach

  4 Copy quote

• Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.

  Silius Italicus

  Character, Rewards, Virtue

  "Punica". Lib. XIII. Line 663.,

  4 Copy quote

• Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

  Silius Italicus

  Speak, Danger, Inaction

  4 Copy quote

• Nothing fairer than peace is given to man to know; Better one peace than countless triumphs

  Silius Italicus

  War, Men, Triumph

  4 Copy quote

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin