No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other
No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other - Ammianus Marcellinus
- Ammianus Marcellinus
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of grea… - Ammianus Marcellinus
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of grea…
Truth is often attended with danger. - Ammianus Marcellinus
Truth is often attended with danger.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. - Ammianus Marcellinus
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide… - Ammianus Marcellinus
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide…
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. - Ammianus Marcellinus
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening.
Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art. - Ammianus Marcellinus
Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple. - Ammianus Marcellinus
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. - Ammianus Marcellinus
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.
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