Aulus Persius Flaccus Quotes
- Nothing can be born of nothing; nothing can be resolved into nothing.
- For Yesterday was once To-morrow.
- The belly is the giver of genius.
- Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.
- And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.
- Oh, what a void there is in things.
- Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.
- Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter
- Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed.
- 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,…
- The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight.
- 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…
- The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention.
- The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.
- We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.
- Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?
- Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?
- I know you even under the skin.
- He conquers who endures.
- 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 tie…