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- An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
- Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC), from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
- He plants trees to benefit another generation.
- Caecilius Statius (220 BC - 168 BC), Synephebi
- Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
- Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), History
- There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
- Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), History
- Moderation in all things.
- Terence (185 BC - 159 BC), Andria
- Charity begins at home.
- Terence (185 BC - 159 BC), Andria
- I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
- Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662), "Lettres provinciales", letter 16, 1657
- In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.
- Terence (185 BC - 159 BC), Eunuchus
- I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
- Terence (185 BC - 159 BC), Eunuchus
- Fortune helps the brave.
- Terence (185 BC - 159 BC), Phormio
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