Claudius Claudianus Quotes

#1. I have spent much of my life turning away from the scripts given to me, in China and in America; my refusal to be defined by the will of others is my one and only political statement.

Yiyun Li

#2. Nor is heaven always at peace.

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#3. If you are having trouble with a story, it may not be an issue with the quality of the writing - there may just be too much of it.

Michael Winter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#11. The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

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

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

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

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

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

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#17. 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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#18. 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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#19. 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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#20. Here is a fine field for talent.

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#21. As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress.

Jurnee Smollett

#22. When there's a great horror movie, people are like, 'Horror's back!' And when there's a series of not so good ones, 'Horror's dead.' I think it's all about the quality. When there are one or two good horror movies in a row, people come out interested again.

Jason Blum

#23. Whoever desires is always poor.

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#24. Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it to the throne of God.

Frances Power Cobbe

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

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#26. I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

Daniel Craig

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

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#28. The covetous man is always poor.

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#29. Death renders all equal.

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

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