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> [Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/your-knowing-a-thing-is-nothing-unless-another-knows-you-know-it/)

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## More by Aulus Persius Flaccus

> [To-morrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/to-morrow-is-the-day-when-idlers-work-and-fools-reform-and-mortal-men/)

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> [The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/the-belly-i-e-necessity-is-the-teacher-of-art-and-the-liberal/)

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> [The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/the-man-who-wishes-to-bend-me-with-his-tale-of-woe-must-shed-true/)

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> [ O natal star, thou producest twins of widely different character. \[Lat., Geminos, horoscope, varo Producis genio.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/o-natal-star-thou-producest-twins-of-widely-different-character-lat/)

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> [The belly is the giver of genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/the-belly-is-the-giver-of-genius/)

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> [Thou art moist and soft clay; thou must instantly be shaped by the glowing wheel. \[Lat., Udum et molle lutum es: nunc, nunc properandus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/thou-art-moist-and-soft-clay-thou-must-instantly-be-shaped-by-the/)

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> [ Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her. \[Lat., Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/let-them-the-wicked-see-the-beauty-of-virtue-and-pine-at-having/)

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> [The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/the-stomach-is-the-teacher-of-the-arts-and-the-dispenser-of-invention/)

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> [You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/you-pray-for-good-health-and-a-body-that-will-be-strong-in-old-age-2/)

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> [ Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there. \[Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/retire-within-thyself-and-thou-will-discover-how-small-a-stock-is/)

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> [Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/bad-advice-is-often-most-fatal-to-the-adviser/)

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> [Live according to your income.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/live-according-to-your-income/)

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> [Confined to common life thy numbers flow, And neither soar too high nor sink too low; There strength and ease in graceful union meet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/confined-to-common-life-thy-numbers-flow-and-neither-soar-too-high/)

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> [Indulge, and to thy genius freely give, For not to live at ease is not to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/indulge-and-to-thy-genius-freely-give-for-not-to-live-at-ease-is-not/)

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> [Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aulus-persius-flaccus/quantum-est-in-rebus-inane-how-much-folly-there-is-in-human-affairs/)

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