21 quotes
Roman general and dictator
“Veni vidi vici. (I came I saw I conquered.)”
"I came I saw I conquered."
on Life
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
on Success
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."
on Courage
"As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can"
on Fear
"As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can."
"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."
on Psychology
"It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking."
"Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'."
on Death
"I love the name of honor more than I fear death."
"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."
"In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes."
on War
"As a rule what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see."
"Even now we can draw back. But once we cross that little bridge we must settle things by the sword."
"In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes."
"Experience is the teacher of all things."
on Wisdom
"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."
on Law
"And say to all the world "This was a man!""
"Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true."
"Men freely believe that which they desire."
on Truth
"Men willingly believe what they wish."
