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Said between 100 and 1 BC
“He is never less at leisure than when at leisure.”
Cicero (107–43 BC) said by 43 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Plus salis, quam sumptus.”
Cornelius Nepos (100–25 BC) said by 25 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will begin to speak when I am not going to say what were better left unsaid.”
Cato the Younger (95–46 BC) said by 46 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bernadotte Perrin, ed. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 8, LCL 100 (1919), pp. 247, 361
“It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pulvis et umbra sumus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He ought to have worked at the oar before steering the vessel.”
Sulla (138–78 BC) said by 78 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Upon being handed the head of his enemy Gaius Marius the Younger; in William Smith, ed., A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1873), "Marius (II)". Variant: "First you must learn to pull an oar, only…
“Autumn wind rises, white clouds fly. Grass and trees wither; geese go south.”
Emperor Wu of Han (156–87 BC) first seen 127 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Autumn Wind 127 BC (translated by Arthur Waley), Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 930
“As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin (1894) edited by J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward, p. 508
“Yes, indeed, we must fly, but not with our feet, but with our hands..”
Marcus Junius Brutus (85–42 BC) said by 42 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To do harm is proper of the evil spirits; to do good without taking risks is proper of the ordinary spirits; the man of heart never ever deflects from what is fair and honest, never looking to rewards or to threats.”
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (152–91 BC) said by 91 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no fixed road to wealth, and money has no permanent master.”
Sima Qian (145–86 BC) said by 86 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!”
Pompey (106–48 BC) said by 48 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nemo in amore videt.”
Propertius (47–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But basilicas of the greatest dignity and beauty may also be constructed in the style of that one which I erected, and the building of which I superintended at Fano.”
Vitruvius (80–15 BC) said by 15 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go and get accurate information about the child. As soon as you have found him, report to me, so that I too may go & honor him.”
Herod the Great (74–4 BC) said by 4 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nil posse creari de nihilo.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When men were scattered over the earth, protected by eaves or by the dug-out shelter of a cliff or by the trunk of a hollow tree, it was philosophy that taught them to build houses.”
Posidonius (135–51 BC) said by 51 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns. ... The hooves of the horses had been worn thin by steady marching. The arms and armour were wearing out, and the Greek clothing was quite gone. They had to clothe themselves in materials of the barbarians,...”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 17.94.1-2, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 391
“Per caputque pedesque.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nunc scio quid sit Amor.”
Virgil (70–19 BC) said by 19 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Virgílio (pt)
“I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life.”
Cleopatra (69–30 BC) said by 30 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source