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Classical antiquity56 quotes
I came, I saw, I conquered. — Julius Caesar · 46 BCEvery instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Who benefits? — Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla · 80 BCBe like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. — Seneca · 65The die is cast. — Julius Caesar · 49 BCAll 56 quotes →Middle Ages9 quotes
O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love! — Boethius · 523If you expect a physician to help you, you must lay bare your wound. — Boethius · 523Who hath so entire happiness that he is not in some part offended with the condition of his estate? — Boethius · 524Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content. — Boethius · 523Wherefore not without cause has one of your own followers asked, "If God is, whence come evil things? If He is not, whence come good?" — Boethius · 523You can take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away. — Boethius · 523All 9 quotes →