Never find delight in another's misfortune. Malum ne alienum feceris tuum gaudium Publilius Syrus Sententiae Buy a book containing the Sententiae at Amazon Buy a book containing the Sententiae at Amazon Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Misfortunes of others Author Publilius Syrus Source Sententiae Medium Epigram Language Latin Time 43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC Era Classical antiquity Occupation Writer From Turkey Europe Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC. Citation text copied to clipboard.
Another quote from Classical antiquity Give me chastity and continency—but not yet! St. Augustine Confessions Show More Info Buy Confessions at Amazon Buy Confessions at Amazon Read Confessions at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex Author St. Augustine Source Confessions Genre Autobiography and memoir Language Latin Time 398 390s 4th century Era Classical antiquity Authentication Score 1 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info
Another quote originally in Latin I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. Horace Show More Info Buy the Odes at Amazon Buy the Odes at Amazon Read the Odes at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry Author Horace Source Odes (Horace) Medium Poem Statement Type Boast Language Latin Time 23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC Era Classical antiquity Authentication Score 2 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info