Decimius Magnus Ausonius quotes
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“Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 65-66, Idyllia, XII. Inconnexa. 5, 1922.
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“Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 393-94, Epigrams, CXL. 1, 1922.
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“The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.”
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“It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 267-70, Septem Sapientum Sententiæ Septenis Versibus Explicatæ, VII. 4, 1922.
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“A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 267, Epigrams, LXXXII. 1, 1922.
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“If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Septem Sapientium Sententiae Septenis Versibus Explicatae". IV. 6,
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“When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Septem Sapientum Sententiæ Septenis Veribus Explicatæ". "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.
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“Every stage of life has its troubles, and no man is content with his own age.”
-- Decimius Magnus AusoniusSource : "Ausonius: Books I-XVII". Book by Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Paulinus (of Pella.), transl. by Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White, p. 165, 1919.
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“If thou art terrible to manyh, then beware of many.”
-- Decimius Magnus Ausonius
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