A man leaves his great house because he's bored With life at home, and suddenly returns, Finding himself no happier abroad. He rushes off to his villa driving like mad, You'ld think he's going to a house on fire, And yawns before he's put his foot inside, Or falls asleep and seeks oblivion, Or even rushes back to town again. So each man flies from himself (vain hope, because It clings to him the more closely against his will) And hates himself because he is sick in mind And does not know the cause of his disease.
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It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the
great distress of another.
[Lat., S... LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the
universe).
[Lat., Summarum summa est aete... LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom spr... LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
[Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.] LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters. LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since
things require a seed to start from.
... LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into thei... LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom spr... LUCRETIUS TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear... TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death. TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS The vivid force of his mind prevailed, and he fared forth far beyond the flaming ramparts of the hea... TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS Visible objects therefore do not perish utterly, since nature repairs one thing from another and all... TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely sp... TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man ... TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated. TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS Constant dripping hollows out a stone. TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS Vineyards and shining harvests, pastures, arbors, And all this our very utmost toil Can hard... LUCRETIUS Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another'... LUCRETIUS Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in ... LUCRETIUS The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. LUCRETIUS The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. LUCRETIUS The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisf... LUCRETIUS Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad a... LUCRETIUS In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. LUCRETIUS We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. LUCRETIUS Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phen... LUCRETIUS What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. LUCRETIUS Such evil deeds could religion prompt. LUCRETIUS From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst t... LUCRETIUS Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations ... LUCRETIUS Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another&... LUCRETIUS Nothing can be created out of nothing. LUCRETIUS If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand ... LUCRETIUS What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. LUCRETIUS Nothing can be created from nothing. LUCRETIUS It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. LUCRETIUS The falling drops at last will wear the stone. LUCRETIUS Life is one long struggle in the dark. LUCRETIUS Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phen... LUCRETIUS Nothing can be created out of nothing LUCRETIUS Love is a product of habit LUCRETIUS The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by often falling LUCRETIUS Do you not see even stones yield to the power of time, lofty towers fall to decay, and the rocks mol... LUCRETIUS Fear was the first thing on earth to make gods LUCRETIUS Fear is the mother of all gods. Nature does all things without their meddling. LUCRETIUS What is food to one is to another bitter poison. LUCRETIUS Constant dripping hollows out a stone. LUCRETIUS And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all. LUCRETIUS The generations of living things pass in a short time, and like runners hand on the torch of life LUCRETIUS What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth LUCRETIUS Nature ever upbuilds one thing from other, suffering naught To come to birth but through some other'... LUCRETIUS So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. LUCRETIUS Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. LUCRETIUS Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on anothe... LUCRETIUS The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft
falling. LUCRETIUS For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every alt... LUCRETIUS From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very ... LUCRETIUS The sum of all sums is eternity. LUCRETIUS fear in sooth holds so in check all mortals, because they see many operations go on in earth and hea... LUCRETIUS Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Envy, like fire, soars upward.
[Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.] TITUS LIVY Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves.
[Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad sua... TITUS LIVY In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are
the safest. TITUS LIVY We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort. TITUS LIVY Adversity reminds men of religion.
[Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.] TITUS LIVY Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not
circumstances by the plans.
[Lat., Cons... TITUS LIVY In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest. TITUS LIVY Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays
itself.
[Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiams... TITUS LIVY Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae pat... TITUS LIVY Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] TITUS LIVY It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great
fortune; to acquire it is difficult an... TITUS LIVY No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire ... TITUS LIVY A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.] TITUS LIVY Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.] TITUS LIVY Employers should not be able to impose their religious beliefs on female employees, ignoring their i... DINA TITUS Instead of following through on their promise to concentrate on jobs, Republicans have attacked seni... DINA TITUS It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. TITUS LIVY Better late than never. TITUS LIVIUS There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. TITUS LIVIUS The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest bree... TITUS LIVIUS Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. TITUS LIVIUS Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. TITUS LIVIUS Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligen... TITUS LIVIUS In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest. TITUS LIVIUS I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected witho... TITUS LIVIUS Greater is our terror of the unknown. TITUS LIVIUS War is just to those to whom war is necessary. TITUS LIVIUS The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel... TITUS LIVY As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed of what ... TITUS LIVY I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage. DINA TITUS Luckily we're not in a malaria-prone area. ANDREW TITUS It's recommended that health inspectors classify this food before it's made available for human cons... ANDREW TITUS We might have to deal with food poisoning on top of everything else. ANDREW TITUS In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest. TITUS LIVY Rashness is not fortunate TITUS LIVY Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge, and get over it! CHRISTOPHER TITUS The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something th... TITUS LIVY Superstition brings the gods into even the smallest matters TITUS LIVY Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. TITUS LIVY Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue TITUS LIVY It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. TITUS LIVY Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves TITUS LIVY Adversity makes men remember God TITUS LIVY Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished TITUS LIVY Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils. TITUS LIVY We're bringing new users on every day. GREG TITUS We might be taking a slightly different approach -- we're looking for areas where we can excel. GREG TITUS The lines are blurring online -- a lot of the things you find on our site you'd find on a consumer m... GREG TITUS It takes a real mental toughness and self-awareness to succeed. JOHN TITUS Jim Gibbons has maintained the status quo by supporting tax breaks for utilities to continue produci... DINA TITUS I am especially proud to have the support of men and women who provide essential services for our ci... DINA TITUS Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. TITUS LIVY Television has been my goal. I want to host my own fitness show. LANA TITUS It was a huge honor. We competed against the 10 fittest couples I've ever seen. There's a lot to liv... LANA TITUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Persevere in virtue and diligence. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS It well becomes a young man to be modest. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not every age is fit for childish sports. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No man is wise enough by himself. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Speak no evil of an absent friend. (Non male loquare absenti amico) TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Practice yourself what you preach. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The evil that we know is best. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS I am always afraid of your "something shall be done." TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A word to the wise is enough. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A contented mind is the best source for trouble. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS You must spend money to make money TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS How great in number are the little minded men TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and chil... TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talker... TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS It becomes an emperor to die standing. TITUS FLAVIUS VESPASIAN Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Conquered, we conquer. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No blessing lasts forever TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS It is easier to be angry. It is easier to hate. It is easier to knock someone down. Those are surfac... FRANCES MUENZNER TITUS He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nu... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est ... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most
abundant, there it comes up less by one-f... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) He is of the race of the mushroom; he covers himself altogether
with his head.
[Lat., Fungino gen... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) You will stir up the hornets.
[Lat., Irritabis crabones.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves
it it is dumb.
[Lat., Nunquam ae... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
[Lat., Humanum amare est, humanum autem ignoscere e... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
[Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
[Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis ... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
[Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus ... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infam... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not
how to return one.
[Lat., Nam imp... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Unto the pure all things are pure. BIBLE, TITUS 1:15 Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good
will should all be hanged--the fo... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took
its rise. . . . The scandal of men... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
[Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut na... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
[Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit luc... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Killing no murder. COL. SILLIUS (SILAS) TITUS Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
well will always have patrons enough.... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to
earnest.
[Lat., Si quid dictum est pe... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
friend made an enemy by your kindne... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an
annoyance when he has stayed three cont... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) The stronger always succeeds.
[Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.] PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[L... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudo... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum i... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
[Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris,
Profesto egere liceat ... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius qua... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) Man naturally yearns for novelty. PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy. PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew. PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Better do nothing than do ill. PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nu... PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!] PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Q... PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, ... PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Good things soon find a purchaser. PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be li... PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS