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Has God any habitation except earth, and sea, and air, and heaven, and virtue? Why do we seek the highest beyond these? Jupiter is wheresoever you look, wheresoever you move. [Lat., Estne Dei sedes nisi terra, et pontus, et aer, Et coelum, et virtus? Superos quid quaerimus ultra? Jupiter est, quodcunque vides, quodcunque moveris.] - Pharsalia (bk. IX, 578) [Gods] He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn. [Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.] - Pharsalia (bk. VII, 831) [Monuments] He was spurred on by rival valor. [Lat., Stimulos dedit aemula virtus.] - Pharsalia (I, 120) [Valor] He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.] - Pharsalia (I, 150) [Cruelty : Proverbs] Poverty is shunned and persecuted all over the globe. [Lat., Paupertas fugitur, totoque arcessitur orbe.] - Pharsalia (I, 166) [Poverty] Might was the measure of right. [Lat., Mensuraque juris Vis erat.] - Pharsalia (I, 175) [Right] Away with delay--it always injures those who are prepared. [Lat., Tolle moras--semper nocuit differre paratis.] - Pharsalia (I, 281) [Delay] The wounds of civil war are deeply felt. [Lat., Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrae.] - Pharsalia (I, 32) [War] He who refuses what is just, gives up everything to him who is armed. [Lat., Arma tenenti Omnia dat qui justa negat.] - Pharsalia (I, 348) [Justice] Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions. [Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.] - Pharsalia (I, 469) [Rumor] Each man makes his own shipwreck. [Lat., Naufragium sibi quisque facit.] - Pharsalia (I, 499) [Shipwreck] Mighty things haste to destruction: this limit have the gods assigned to human prosperity. [Lat., In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebus Crescendi posuere modum.] - Pharsalia (I, 81) [Fate] There is no friendship between those associated in power; he who rules will always be impatient of an associate. [Lat., Nulla fides regni sociis omnisque potestas Impatiens consortis erit.] - Pharsalia (I, 92) [Friendship] Agreement exists in disagreement. [Lat., Mansit concordia discors.] - Pharsalia (I, 98) [Contention] They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it is a waste of time to ask who are guilty. [Lat., Trahit ipse furoris Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.] - Pharsalia (II, 109) [Anger] Whither the fates lead virtue will follow without fear. [Lat., Sed quo fata trahunt, virtus secura sequetur.] - Pharsalia (II, 287) [Fate] He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole world. [Lat., Nec sibi sed toti genitum se credere mundo.] - Pharsalia (II, 383) [Philanthropy] The conqueror is not so much pleased by entering into open gates, as by forcing his way. He desires not the fields to be cultivated by the patient husbandman; he would have them laid waste by fire and sword. It would be his shame to go by a way already opened. [Lat., Non tam portas intrare papentes Quam fregisse juvat; nec tam patiente colono Arva premi, quam si ferro populetur et igni; Concessa pudet ire via.] - Pharsalia (II, 443) [War] Make us enemies of every people on earth, but prevent a civil war. [Lat., Omnibus hostes Reddite nos populis--civile avertite bellum.] - Pharsalia (II, 52) [War] Thinking that nothing was done, if anything remained to do. [Lat., Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum.] - Pharsalia (II, 657) [Action] Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires. [Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere vitam, Et quantum natura petat.] - Pharsalia (IV, 377) [Necessity] The gods conceal from those destined to live how sweet it is to die, that they may continue living. [Lat., Victorosque dei celant, ut vivere durent felix esse mori.] - Pharsalia (IV, 519) [Death] By audacity, great fears are concealed. [Lat., Audendo magnus tegitur timor.] - Pharsalia (IV, 702) [Audacity] An idle life always produces varied inclinations. [Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.] - Pharsalia (IV, 704) [Idleness] An illustrious and ancient name. [Lat., Clarum et venerabile nomen.] - Pharsalia (IX, 203) [Names] Displaying page 2 of 3 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3
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