Quotes by roman authors

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. Quintilian

Alone Pleasures Lawful Excite Forbidden Loved Desire

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. Quintilian

Words Will First Imitate Nurse Attempt He Hears Child Her

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. Quintilian

Alone Song Rude Men Lighten However Labors May Even

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. Quintilian

Easily Misery Idea Prosperous Form Right Right Idea

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. Quintilian

Ambition Virtues Though Parent Itself Often Vice

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. Quintilian

Perfection Soon Which Prematurely

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune. Quintilian

Future Fear Worse Than Fortune Present

He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within. Quintus Ennius

Freedom Heart Constant Hath Clean He Within

During war, the laws are silent. Quintus Tullius Cicero

War Silent Laws