What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.
Titus Lucretius Carus
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What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.
LUCRETIUS What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
LUCRETIUS What is food to one is to another bitter poison.
LUCRETIUS Ques eso? Queso?
NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN 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...
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TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS A man leaves his great house because he's bored
With life at home, and suddenly returns,
F...
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LUCRETIUS The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
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LUCRETIUS In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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LUCRETIUS What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.
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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.]
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DINA TITUS It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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TITUS LIVIUS Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
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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
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TITUS LIVY Rashness is not fortunate
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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.
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GREG TITUS It takes a real mental toughness and self-awareness to succeed.
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DINA TITUS Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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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.
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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