Confined to common life thy numbers flow, And neither soar too high nor sink too low; There strength and ease in graceful union meet, Though polished, subtle, and though poignant, sweet; Yet powerful to abash the from of crime And… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
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… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
To-morrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven. — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit. — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
O natal star, thou producest twins of widely different character. [Lat., Geminos, horoscope, varo Producis genio.] — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
Thou art moist and soft clay; thou must instantly be shaped by the glowing wheel. [Lat., Udum et molle lutum es: nunc, nunc properandus… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her. [Lat., Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta.] — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention. — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
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… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there. [Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.] — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
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