Statius Quotes

#1. Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!

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#2. Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

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#3. Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

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#4. They send their shout to the stars.
[Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]

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#5. Left behind as a memory for us.
[Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]

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#6. A just fortune awaits the deserving.
[Lat., Fors aequa merentes
Respicit.]

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#7. It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
[Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]

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#8. Fear in the world first created the gods.
[Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]

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#9. Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

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#10. It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

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#11. Heaven forbids that man should know
What change tomorrow's fate may bring.

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#12. Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

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#13. A short reign does not spare the masses.

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#14. What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.

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#15. Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope
than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when
it is long deferred.

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#16. In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

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#17. Fear first made gods in the world.

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#18. Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.

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#19. Give not reins to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.
[Lat., Ne frena animo permitte calenti;
Da spatium, tenuemque moram; male cuncta ministrat
Impetus.]

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