Claudius Claudianus Quotes

• He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

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• What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

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  Rome, Traitor, Built

  "In Rufinum". II. 52. Reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 677, 1922.

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• Death renders all equal.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Equal

  Claudius Claudianus (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Claudian (Illustrated)”, p.282, Delphi Classics

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• Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Nature, Opportunity, Use

  Claudius Claudianus (2016). “Claudian with an English Translation by Maurice Platnauer (Complete)”, p.52, Library of Alexandria

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• The covetous man is always poor.

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  Men, Greed, Poor

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• Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Mean, Violence, Achieve

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• Whoever desires is always poor.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Latin, Desire, Poor

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• Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.

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  Change, Men, Annoying

  "In Eutropium". I, 181. As quoted in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 93-96, 1922.

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• The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Law, People, Justice

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 413-15, De Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti Panegyris, CCXCVII, 1922.

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• The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Character, Pride, Nobility

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 559-60, De Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augustii Panegyris, 305, 1922.

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• Liberty begets license.

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  Liberty, License, Begets

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• A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Peace, War, Shows

  "De Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti Panegyris" by Claudianus, 307,

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• Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Prison, Clemency, Equal

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• They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall.

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  Fall, Fate, May

  "In Rufinum". Book I. 22,

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• In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play,
  Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.

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  Dream, Sleep, Play

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• Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Envy, Biting, Rage

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 226-27, De Raptu Proserpinæ, III. 290, 1922.

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• Death is the great leveller.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Revenge

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• Virtue is indeed its own reward.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Rewards, Virtue

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• Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it.

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  Men, Hands, Use

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• Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.

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  Virtue, Concealed, Worthless

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• Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.

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  Luxury, Drug, Pests

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• The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Affliction, Accustomed

  "In Eutropium". II. 149,

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• Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.

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  Lust, Suffering, Path

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• The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

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  Haughtiness, Manners

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• Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Youth, Alas, Slippery

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 921-24, De Raptu Proserpiae, III. 227, 1922.

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