Moderation in all things. Terence, Andria
Roman comic dramatist (185 BC - 159 BC) There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man. Polybius, History
Greek historian (205 BC - 118 BC) Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories. Polybius, History
Greek historian (205 BC - 118 BC) Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. Marquis de Condorcet
French politician (1743 - 1794) He plants trees to benefit another generation. Caecilius Statius, Synephebi
(220 BC - 168 BC) An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking. Cato the Elder, from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC) I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one. Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives
Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC) Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise. Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives
Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC) Even though work stops, expenses run on. Cato the Elder, On Agriculture
Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC) On action alone be thy interest,<br>Never on its fruits.<br>Let not the fruits of action be thy motive,<br>Nor be thy attachment to inaction. Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2
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