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- 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
- 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
- I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.
- Terence (185 BC - 159 BC), Adelphoe
- The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.
- Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC - 27 BC), On Agriculture
- History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
- The freedom of poetic license.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
- The people's good is the highest law.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Legibus
- Let the punishment match the offense.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Legibus
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