Lives there the man with soul so dead as to disown the wish to merit the people's applause, and having uttered words worthy to be kept in cedar oil to latest times, to leave behind him rhymes that dread neither herrings nor frankincense.
Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.
- Aulus Persius Flaccus
For Yesterday was once To-morrow. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
For Yesterday was once To-morrow.
But when to-morrow comes, yesterday's morrow will have been already spent: and lo! a fresh morrow will be for ever making away with our years, each j… - Aulus Persius Flaccus
But when to-morrow comes, yesterday's morrow will have been already spent: and lo! a fresh morrow will be for ever making away with our years, each j…
The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.
Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases? - Aulus Persius Flaccus
Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?
Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies.
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.
He who conquers, endures. - Aulus Persius Flaccus
He who conquers, endures.
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