Statius quotes
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“What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.”
-- StatiusSource : Publius Papinius Statius, David Roy Shackleton Bailey (2003). “L207n Statius Ii”, p.191, Harvard University Press
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“Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.”
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“Heaven forbids that man should know What change tomorrow's fate may bring.”
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“Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.”
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“Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.”
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“It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.”
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“Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.”
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“They send their shout to the stars. [Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]”
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“It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]”
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“Left behind as a memory for us. [Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]”
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“A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]”
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“Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]”
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“Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.”
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“Give not reins to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly. [Lat., Ne frena animo permitte calenti; Da spatium, tenuemque moram; male cuncta ministrat Impetus.]”
-- StatiusSource : "Thebaid" by Statius, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey in "Loeb Classical Library", Vol. 207, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.
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“Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!”
-- StatiusSource : "Thebais". Book by Statius, II, 489,
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“Fear first made gods in the world.”
-- StatiusSource : Publius Papinius Statius, David Roy Shackleton Bailey (2003). “L207n Statius Ii”, p.199, Harvard University Press
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“Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when it is long deferred.”
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