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“Quis leget haec?”
“Nec te quaesiveris extra.”
“Virtutem videant intabescantque relicta.”
“Magister artis ingenique largitor
venter.”
venter.”
“Tecum habita: noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.”
“At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est".”
“Nec nocte paratum,
plorabit qui me volet incurvasse querella.”
plorabit qui me volet incurvasse querella.”
“Usque adeone
scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter?”
scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter?”
“Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere! nemo!
Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.”
Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.”
“Nostrum est
quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies.
vive memor leti, fugit hora.”
quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies.
vive memor leti, fugit hora.”
“Cum lux altera venit,
iam cras hesternum consumpsimus; ecce aliud cras
egerit hos annos et semper paulum erit ultra.”
iam cras hesternum consumpsimus; ecce aliud cras
egerit hos annos et semper paulum erit ultra.”
Persius Quotes by Topic
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Persius on Rome: Total War
“He conquers who endures”
Persius on Reputation
“To be pointed out with the finger.”
Persius on Writing style
“It does not smack of the desk, or bitten nails.”
Persius on Foolishness
“Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.”
What Persius Said About Others
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Persius on John Dryden
“She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.”
About Persius
Aulus Persius Flaccus (34–62) was a Roman satirical poet and moralist.