-
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. -
Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap. -
To accept a favour is to sell one’s freedom. -
In matters of taste, there is no argument. -
-
War is sweet to those who have never fought. -
They condemn what they do not understand. -
The scar remains. -
To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there. -
One corrects customs by laughing at them. -
A fox may change its skin but never its character. -
I’ll either find a way or make one. -
The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (i.e., the rulers) ourselves. -
-
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. -
Time is sovereign over all things. -
Time is the soul of things. -
Believe that you have it, and you do. -
The cowl does not make the monk. -
Fame to the dead comes too late. -
Empty pots make the most noise. -
If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell. -
-
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. -
From the older ox the younger learns to plow. -
In the most corrupt state are the most laws. (Terence) -
As you are, I was. As I am, you will be. (used on Roman tombstones). -
Glory paid to ashes comes too late. -
We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free. -
The sun shines for everyone. -
Truth conquers all. -
-
Temporis ars medicina fere est. -
Time is the best means of healing. (Ovid) -
Laws are silent in times of war. -
If you want peace, prepare justice. -
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself. (Terence) -
Whoever desires is always poor. (Claudian) -
Even a God finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -
Conscience is as good as a thousand witnesses. -
-
Don’t speak against the sun. (i.e., don’t argue an obvious fact) -
Knowledge has no enemies but the ignorant. -
Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love. -
Appeal to modesty in an argument. -
Everything that is born passes away. (Quintillan) -
May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well -
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory. -
Rome wasn’t built in a day. -
Straight line is the shortest, straight road is the most safe. -
He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory. (Publius Syrus) -
He who has begun has the work half done. (Horace) -
Every man is architect of his own fortune. -
No one gives what he does not have. -
You are worth as many people as the languages that you speak. -
Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. -
It is not goodness to be better than the worst. -
What is medicine to some, is bitter poison to others. -
All things change, and we change with them. -
Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold.
Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes
