43 quotes
1st century BC Syrian-born Latin writer
“No one knows what he can do until he tries.”
"There are some remedies worse than the disease."
on Wisdom
"Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not."
on Philosophy
"It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it."
on Life
"A fair exterior is a silent recommendation."
"No one reaches a high position without daring."
on Courage
"The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self."
on Self Control
"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth."
on Art
"Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings."
"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others."
"If you wish to reach the highest begin at the lowest."
on Ambition
"Each day should be passed as though it were our last."
"We must master our good fortune or it will master us."
"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing."
on Perception
"He gives twice who gives promptly."
"He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others."
"No man is happy unless he believes he is."
on Happiness
"Friendship neither finds nor makes equals."
on Relationships
"We die as often as we lose a friend."
"Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own."
"Prosperity makes friends adversity tries them."