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Classical antiquity18 quotes
I came, I saw, I conquered. — Julius Caesar · 46 BCOld to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost. — Pyrrhus · 279 BCThe mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchCarthage must be destroyed. — Cato the Elder · 149 BCThose who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. — Marcus Licinus Crassus · 119All 18 quotes →