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Said between 100 and 1 BC
“Żeglowanie jest koniecznością, życie nie jest koniecznością.”
Pompejusz (106–48 BC) said by 48 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Debilem facito manu, debilem pede, coxo, tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentis: vita dum superest, bene est.”
Gaius Maecenas (died 8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Czekasz na jad A ja zwlekam wciąż I nie tknę cię Aż poczujesz żal i strach Wspominaj swego życia blask dzień po dniu Twój wjazd do Rzymu i sławę za cenę krwi Kłamstwa i zdradę najbliższych w ulewie klęsk”
Kleopatra VII (69–30 BC) said by 30 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Autor: Jacek Kaczmarski, Kołysanka dla Kleopatry, 1978
“Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres, arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.”
Tibullus (51–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Marmoreo Licinus tumulo jacet, at Cato parvo, Pompeius nullo. Quis putet esse deos? Saxa premunt Licinum, levat altum Fama Catonem, Pompeium tituli. Credimus esse deos.”
Varro Atacinus (82–36 BC) said by 36 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The first two lines are an epigram from the Latin Anthology in reference to the magnificent tomb of one Licinus, the slave and steward of Julius Caesar. The two lines in answer are of more recent origin. — H. T. Riley, …
“Tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu? servet in ambiguo, qui consulit et tibi et Urbi, Iuppiter.”
Lucius Varius Rufus (74–14 BC) said by 14 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Panegyricus Augusti, quoted by Horace, Epistles, I, xvi, 27; , Satires, Epistles and Ars Poëtica (1869); see also: Norbert Guterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (1966), p. 118
“At scelus incesto Zmyrnae crescebat in alvo.”
Helvius Cinna (85–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zmyrna, quoted by , I, 268; Norbert Gutterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (1966), p. 107
“Naprawdę nieprzejednana nienawiść występuje tylko w miłości.”
Propercjusz (47–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“John Selby Watson, Lives of the Eminent Commanders (1886)”
Cornelius Nepos (100–25 BC) said by 25 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(...) [Witruwiusz] stwierdza, iż ludzkie ciało jest modelem wszelkich proporcji, ponieważ postać z wyciągniętymi rękami i nogami wpisuje się w „doskonałe” figury geometryczne: kwadrat i koło.”
Witruwiusz (80–15 BC) said by 15 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Autor: Kenneth Clark, Akt. Studium idealnej formy (1956), tłum. Jacek Bomba
Also quoted by: Kenneth Clark (pl)
“Dopóki nietknięta dziewica, dopóty jest droga wszystkim.”
Katullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jestem teraz panem siebie!”
Katon Młodszy (95–46 BC) said by 46 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Porro, Quirites, libertatem perdimus.”
Decimus Laberius (106–43 BC) said by 43 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Matka człowieka ostrożnego rzadko płacze.”
Korneliusz Nepos (100–25 BC) said by 25 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si sine uxore pati possemus, Quirites, omnes ea molestia careremus; Set quoniam ita natura tradidit, ut nec cum illis satis commode, nec sine illis ullo modo vivi possit”
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (152–91 BC) said by 91 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.”
Catiline (108–62 BC) first seen 86 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Sallust (86 BC – c. 35 BC) in Catiline's War, Book XX, pt. 4 (trans. J. C. Rolfe)
Also quoted by: Gaius Sallustius Crispus (la)
“Dla zwyciężonych jedyną nadzieją jest zbyć się nadziei.”
Wergiliusz (70–19 BC) said by 19 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nie jest dobrze, gdy za dużo Cezarów na świecie.”
Ptolemeusz XV Cezarion (47–30 BC) said by 30 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Źródło: David Braund i inni, Myth, history and culture in republican Rome: studies in honour of T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Press, 2003, s. 305.
“Cedite Romani scriptores, cedite Grai! Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade.”
Propertius (47–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nie ma nic bardziej nieznośnego jak głupiec, któremu się powodzi.”
Cyceron (107–43 BC) said by 43 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Crescunt animalia quaedam minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, et per aera intus in corpus per os ac nares perveniunt atque efficiunt difficilis morbos.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: W. D. Hooper & H. B. Ash, tr., On Agriculture (Harvard University Press, 1993). Bk. 1, ch. 12
“Νυκτερινή, δίκερως, φιλοπάννυχε, φαῖνε, Σελήνη, φαῖνε, δι᾽ εὐτρήτων βαλλομένη θυρίδων αὔγαζε χρυσέην Καλλίστιον ἐς τὰ φιλεύντων ἔργα κατοπτεύειν οὐ φθόνος ἀθανάτῃ. ὀλβίζεις καὶ τήνδε καὶ ἡμέας, οἶδα, Σελήνη: καὶ γὰρ σὴν ψυχὴν ἔφλεγεν Ἐνδυμίων.”
Philodemus of Gadara (110–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. A. Symonds Jr., Studies of the Greek Poets (1873), p. 380:
“吳王曰：「將軍罷休就舍，寡人不願下觀。」孫子曰：「王徒好其言，不能用其實。」於是闔廬知孫子能用兵，卒以為將。西破彊楚，入郢，北威齊晉，顯名諸侯，孫子與有力焉。”
Sima Qian (145–86 BC) said by 86 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trzeba mieć odwagę: dzielnym sprzyja sama Wenus.”
Tibullus (51–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Źródło: C. Jędraszko, Łacina na co dzień, Warszawa 1988, s. 31.