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Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 50, sect. 2.

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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 50, sect. 2.

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A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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The die is cast.

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], by Suetonius. 121 AD.

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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Divus Julius." Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves. Penguin, 2007, sect. 32.

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Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.

The Gallic Wars

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Caesar, Julius. Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War]. c. 58, bk. 1.

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Caesar, Julius. The Gallic War, translated by Carolyn Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1.

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Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

The Gallic Wars

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Caesar, Julius. Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War]. c. 49 BC, bk. 3.

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Caesar, Julius. The Gallic War, translated by Carolyn Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3.

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For it is commonly said: completed labors are pleasant.

De Finibus

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De finibus bonorum et malorum [On the ends of good and evil]. c. 45 BCE, bk. 2, ch. 32, sect. 105.

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What is more agreeable than one's home?

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Epistles ad Familiares [Letters to Friends]. c. 46 BC, bk. 4, no. 8.

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He preferred to be rather than to seem good.

Sallust

On Cato.

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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There are more disorders of the mind than of the body, and they are of a more dangerous nature.

Tusculan Disputations

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Tusculanae Disputationes [Tusculan Disputations]. c. 45 BC, bk. 3, ch. 3.

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While there's life, there's hope.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus]. c. 50, bk. 9, no. 10.

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Let the punishment match the offense.

On the Laws

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Legibus [On the Laws]. c. 43 BC, bk. 3, sect. 11.

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For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.

On Duties

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Officiis [On Obligations]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 42, sect. 151.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. On Obligations, translated by P. G. Walsh. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 42, sect. 151.

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For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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The judge is condemned when the guilty party is acquitted.

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Money alone sets all the world in motion.

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To do two things at once is to do neither.

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orator ad M. Brutum. c. 46 B. C., ch. 34, sect. 120.

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.