Ausonius Quotes

#1. Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#2. If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.

Ausonius

#3. Ask yourself, Allie: Are you alive or just breathing?

Hasti Williams

#4. Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#5. If thou art terrible to manyh, then beware of many.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#6. I'm happy, certainly, given the times we're living in, to be doing OK, and to not be worrying about money, and to be producing something I enjoy.

Marc Maron

#7. A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#8. Begin: To have commenced is half the deed. Half yet remains; Begin again on this and thou wilt finish all.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#9. I also like to feel good when I'm working out. If I put schlubby clothes on, I'm like, 'Blah.' I don't really want to work out. But if I'm feeling cute and I'm looking good - that's my motivation.

Julianne Hough

#10. Every stage of life has its troubles, and no man is content with his own age.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#11. Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#12. Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten when their noblest and most enduring works decay?

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#13. Scientific power is like inherited wealth; attained without discipline. You read about what others have done, and you take the next step. You can do it very young. You can make progress very fast.

Michael Crichton

#14. If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#15. In 2003, he was hit by a subway in Prague and lost both of his legs. It made me realize that we take for granted every step we take, and my brother now has to physically challenge himself to take each step in his prosthetic.

Bianca Kajlich

#16. It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#17. Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#18. No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.

Ausonius

#19. Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

Ausonius

#20. Shhh," he murmured against her mouth. "Don't talk. Don't think. Just feel.

Elizabeth Hoyt

#21. Truth is the mother of hatred.

Decimus Magnus Ausonius

#22. No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#23. The unthinkable is thinkable. No: likely.

Tom Peters

#24. Bear good fortune modestly.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#25. Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

#26. When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

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#27. The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#28. He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#29. If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#30. Remember, you have the capacity to choose. Choose life! Choose love! Choose health!

Joseph Murphy

#31. If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#32. It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#33. The interstate highway system was built to get people from point A to point B as fast as possible. And they knocked down mountains and filled valleys and made everything nice and big and flat, and they bypassed every town.

John Lasseter

#34. It is very difficult to be like the other guy, to be ordinary. Mediocrity takes a great deal of energy. But to be ourselves is very easy. You don't have to do a thing.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#35. If you already know what recursion is, just remember the answer. Otherwise, find someone who is standing closer to Douglas Hofstadter than you are; then ask him or her what recursion is.

Andrew Plotkin

#36. The one image that's been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from the building, before the buildings fell down. He was trapped in the fire, and decided to jump and take his own life, rather than being burned.

Richard Drew

#37. Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius

#38. Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.

Decimius Magnus Ausonius