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Cassiodorus
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“Haec enim quae appellatur arithmetica inter ambigua mundi certissima ratione consistit, quam cum caelestibus aequaliter novimus: evidens ordo, pulchra dispositio, cognitio simplex, immobilis scientia, quae et superna continet et terrena custodit. quid est enim quod aut mensuram non habeat aut pondus excedat? omnia complectitur, cuncta moderatur et universa hinc pulchritudinem capiunt, quia sub modo ipsius esse noscuntur.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mores autem graves in spectaculis quis requirat? ad circum nesciunt convenire Catones. quicquid illic a gaudenti populo dicitur, iniuria non putatur. locus est qui defendit excessum. quorum garrulitas si patienter accipitur, ipsos quoque principes ornare monstratur.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quid enim illa praestantius, quae caeli machinam sonora dulcedine modulatur et naturae convenientiam ubique dispersam virtutis suae gratia comprehendit?”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paucos enim ratio capit, raros probabilis oblectat intentio: ad illud potius turba ducitur, quod ad remissionem curarum constat inventum. nam quicquid aestimat voluptuosum, hoe et ad beatitudinem temporum iudicat applicandum. quapropter largiamur expensas, non semper ex iudicio demus. expedit interdum desipere, ut populi possimus desiderata gaudia continere.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Few men are controlled by reason, and few are pleased by a right purpose. The mob, rather, is led to what was plainly invented for oblivion of its cares. For it supposes that whatever serves its pleasure must also be linked to the happiness of the age. Therefore, let us grant the expenses, and not be forever giving from rational considerations. Sometimes it is useful to play the fool, and so control the joys the people long for.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mater criminum necessitas tollitur.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. 9, no. 13; translation from S. Giora Shoham and Gill Sher (eds.) The Many Faces of Crime and Deviance (White Plains, N.Y.: Sheridan House, 1983) p. 32.
“Prima enim grammaticorum schola est fundamentum pulcherrimum litterarum, mater gloriosa facundiae.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Grammatica magistra verborum, ornatrix humani generis, quae per exercitationem pulcherrimae lectionis antiquorum nos cognoscitur iuvare consiliis. hac non utuntur barbari reges: apud legales dominos manere cognoscitur singularis. arma enim et reliqua gentes habent: sola reperitur eloquentia, quae Romanorum dominis obsecundat.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source