Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.
Tag: Satires
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things – bread and circuses!
You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
Who will guard the guards themselves?(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
There is measure in all things.
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.