I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched. Virgil, Aeneid
Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love. Virgil, Eclogues
Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious. Virgil, Eclogues
Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) A snake lurks in the grass. Virgil, Eclogues
Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. Sallust, The War with Catiline
Roman historian & politician (86 BC - 34 BC) Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. Sallust, The War with Catiline
Roman historian & politician (86 BC - 34 BC) The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. Sallust, The War with Catiline
Roman historian & politician (86 BC - 34 BC) What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
Roman Epicurean poet, philosopher, & scientist (96 BC - 55 BC) Nothing can be created from nothing. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
Roman Epicurean poet, philosopher, & scientist (96 BC - 55 BC) Such evil deeds could religion prompt. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
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