WednesdayAug 12, 2026
Quotes: 53419 Authors: 9969
He who dies for virtue, does not perish.
Hardly one man in ten knows himself.
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
Conquered, we conquer.
A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
It is well for one to know more than he says.
In everything the middle course is best: All things in excess bring trouble to men.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
The gods play games with men as balls... In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men.
Things which you don't hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
No man has perpetual good fortune.
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Flame follows smoke. Flamma fumo est proxima.
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole. Mus uni non fidit antro
It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Nam curiosus nemo est, quin sit malevolus. For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.
'He means well' is useless unless he does well.
The day, water, sun, moon, night ... I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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