Claudius Claudianus Quotes

#1. Nor is heaven always at peace.

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#2. He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

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#3. Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.

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#4. He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion.

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#5. Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.

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#6. A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

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#7. Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.

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#8. The fickle populace always change with the prince.

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#9. The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

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#10. Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth.

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#11. What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

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#12. Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

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#13. They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall.

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#14. Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

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#15. Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.

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#16. Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts.

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#17. The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

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#18. Here is a fine field for talent.

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#19. Whoever desires is always poor.

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#20. Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it.

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#21. The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.

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#22. The covetous man is always poor.

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#23. Death renders all equal.

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#24. Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

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