"For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of……" — Lactantius
"For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all."
—
Lactantius
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
28 Quotes by Lactantius
Lactantius has 28 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
-
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed…
-
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
-
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
-
Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.
-
Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.
-
Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes…
-
The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the…
-
Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he…
-
The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true.
-
The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own…
-
But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.
See all 28 quotes by Lactantius »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »