“He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander, having completed nearly all…

“He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander, having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it. ” ~ Plutarch

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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage. - View Quote Details on If I have played my part well, clap your hands,…
Two Caesars is one too many. - View Quote Details on Two Caesars is one too many.
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man. - View Quote Details on To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a…
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young. - View Quote Details on Young men, hear an old man to whom old men…
Hasten deliberately. - View Quote Details on Hasten deliberately.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you. - View Quote Details on Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance, but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure. - View Quote Details on If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome,…
Practice, the master of all things. - View Quote Details on Practice, the master of all things.
I inherited it brick and left it marble. - View Quote Details on I inherited it brick and left it marble.
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure. - View Quote Details on If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome,…