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Dionysius Periegetes ( ~ 7 BC ), Greek scholar Quotes

History is philosophy teaching by example.


Let nothing pass which will advantage you; Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind. [Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli; Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]


Patiently bear the burden of poverty. [Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]


Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( 69-53BC ~ 7 BC.) Greek rhetorician and historian


History is philosophy learned from examples.


Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.


Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.


When Aristotle was asked how much the educated men were superior to the uneducated, he replied, “As much as the living are to the dead.”


Quoting Thucydides: "The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from examples."

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from examples.


The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from examples.

Dionysius of Heraclea, (fl. 400 BC), Italian Stoic philosopher

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Dionysius I of Syracuse

A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39 AD – 65 AD)

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Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

The proper bulk is better than the big bulk.

Democritus

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Democritus

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Democritus, Philosopher, 5th century BC

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

Publilius Syrus (85 BC – 43 BC)

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

Titus Livius (59 BC – 17 AD)

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

Marcus Annaeus Seneca (54 BC – 39 AD)

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Publius Vergilius Maro

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthenes Orator of the 4th century BC

That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (10 BC – 54 AD)

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

Gaius Sallustius Crispus

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC – 17 AD)

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Julius Caesar
A good government produces citizens distinguished for courage, love of justice, and every other good quality; a bad government makes them cowardly, rapacious, and the slave of every foul desire.
I wish I might a rose-bud grow
And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.
To place me on that breast of snow
Where I should bloom a wintry flower.
- [Roses]
I wish I were the lily's leaf
To fade upon that bosom warm,
Content to wither, pale and brief,
The trophy of thy paler form.
- [Lilies]
It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.
Democritus was a philosopher of the 5th century BC in ancient Greece. He often spoke of his belief that the best way for society and individuals to achieve tranquility was by only biting off as much as you can handle and not over concern yourself with things that are, not essential.
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey’s end.

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