Statius Quotes

• Heaven forbids that man should know
  What change tomorrow's fate may bring.

  Statius

  Fate, Men, Heaven

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• Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

  Statius

  Haste, Deliberation, Take Time

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• A just fortune awaits the deserving.
  [Lat., Fors aequa merentes
  Respicit.]

  Statius

  Fortune, Deserving

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• Fear in the world first created the gods.
  [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]

  Statius

  Fear, World, Firsts

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• Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

  Statius

  Haste, Delay, Action

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• In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

  Statius

  Fear, Doubt, Prophet

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• It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

  Statius

  Merciful

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• They send their shout to the stars.
  [Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]

  Statius

  Stars, Ads

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• Fear first made gods in the world.

  Statius

  World, Firsts, Made

  Publius Papinius Statius, David Roy Shackleton Bailey (2003). “L207n Statius Ii”, p.199, Harvard University Press

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• It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
  [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]

  Statius

  Noble, Mercy, Grants

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• Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

  Statius

  Cheerful, May, Dignity

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• Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

  Statius

  Giving, Delay, Ruins

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• Left behind as a memory for us.
  [Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]

  Statius

  Memories, Left Behind, Behinds

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• A short reign does not spare the masses.

  Statius

  Doe, Reign, Mass

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• Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

  Statius

  Anger, Passion, Giving

  "Thebaid" by Statius, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey in "Loeb Classical Library", Vol. 207, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.

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• Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope
  than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when
  it is long deferred.

  Statius

  Hope, Anger, Heart

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• What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.

  Statius

  Men, Years, Might

  Publius Papinius Statius, David Roy Shackleton Bailey (2003). “L207n Statius Ii”, p.191, Harvard University Press

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• Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!

  Statius

  Wickedness, Cowardly

  "Thebais". Book by Statius, II, 489,

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• Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.

  Statius

  Worship, God Love, Priests

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