Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.].
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries..
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight..
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge..
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice..
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family..
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke..
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things..
Courage easily finds its own eloquence..
Where there are friends there is wealth..
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome..
Courage in danger is half the battle..
Courage is its own reward..
Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. ….
It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etia….
Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.].
It is much easier to begin than to end..
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it..
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls..
In everything the middle road is best..
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve..