Top 38 Quotes About Semper
#1. Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. We should not listen to those who like to affirm that the voice of the people is the voice of God, for the tumult of the masses is truly close to madness.
Alcuin
#2. Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune.
[Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]
Horace
#3. Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures,
That is the only wealth for ever yours.
[Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis;
Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]
Martial
#4. We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough.
[Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus.
Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]
Plautus
#5. Gaudete in Domino semper." (A.D. Phil. 4:4.) "Rejoice in the Lord always.
Thomas A Kempis
#6. I'm in battle mode. Shut down. Hard. I'm not Hunter anymore. I'm Lance Corporal Lee, USMC. Semper Fi, bitches.
Jasinda Wilder
#8. Just because I'm a queer doesn't mean I'm a pussy. They didn't ask, I didn't tell. Semper Fi," DeShaun said bailing into the backseat with the handgun cocked and loaded.
Stephen Woodfin
#9. A shifty, fickle object is woman, always. (Varium et mutabile semper femina.)
Virgil
#10. If Checker Charley was out to make chumps out of men, he could damn well fix his own connections. Paul looks after his own circuits; let Charley do the same. Those who live by electronics, die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis." He gathered up the bills from the table. "Good night.
Kurt Vonnegut
#11. He looked like Thor. A shaved-head Thor with SEMPER FI emblazoned on one arm.
Anna Banks
#12. Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral.
[Lat., Ultima semper
Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus
Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]
Ovid
#13. Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious.
[Lat., Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quae pretiosa facit.]
Ovid
#14. I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero
#16. Semper Fidelis
Dawn star flares on disk of night
I fall, sun rises
Neal Stephenson
#17. The hunter follows things which flee from him; he leaves them when they are taken; and ever seeks for that which is beyond what he has found.
[Lat., Venator sequitur fugientia; capta relinquit;
Semper et inventis ulteriora petit.]
Ovid
#18. Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.
[Lat., Accedit etiam mors, quae quasi saxum Tantalo semper impendit: tum superstitio, qua qui est imbutus quietus esse numquam potest.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero
#19. Those who live by electronics, die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.
Kurt Vonnegut
#20. Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn.
[Lat., Neque semper arcum
Tendit Apollo.]
Horace
#21. An honest man is always a child.
[Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]
Martial
#23. Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites and lusts of mankind, serve rather to heighten them. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata [we always resist prohibitions, and yearn for what is denied us].
Baruch Spinoza
#24. Spooner noticed another, smaller Marine Corps tattoo encircling Marlin's ankle: Semper Fi Forever. Everywhere he went these days, Spponer witnessed America's crying need for more copy editors.
Pete Dexter
#25. Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum
Thomas A Kempis
#26. The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life
Jonathan Edwards
#27. To be a good researcher is to be a good detective, and I enjoy ferreting out tidbits of information. For a diary book like 'A Coal Miner's Bride,' newspapers come in handy for small everyday details such as weather reports.
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
#28. A woman is not beautiful when her ankle or arm wins compliments, but when her total appearance diverts admiration from the individual parts of her body.
Seneca.
#29. Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
Horace
#30. I am stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been 'This too shall pass.' I now understand it really well.
Robin Roberts
#31. The goddess of Applied Science has presented the world with another gift, more precious even than these - the means of dissociating love from propagation.
Aldous Huxley
#32. It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough.
Judy Greer
#35. Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.
Paul Collier
#36. Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.
Francois Fenelon
#37. Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
J.K. Rowling
#38. When you get the right people together, writing music becomes very effortless.
Peter Hook
