For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous. Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona. 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 End justifies the means Wrongdoing Moral relativism 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 Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. Achilles Quoted in The Iliad, by Homer Show More Info Buy The Iliad at Amazon Buy The Iliad at Amazon Read The Iliad 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 God and man Fate Speaker Achilles Author Homer Source The Iliad Medium Poem Genre Epic poem Language Greek Time 700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC Era Classical antiquity Authentication Score 2 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 18, l. 328. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 18, l. 328. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info
Another quote originally in Latin Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Sextus Propertius Show More Info Buy the Elegies at Amazon Buy the Elegies 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 Nature of love Love Author Sextus Propertius Source Elegies Medium Poem Language Latin Time 24 BC 20s BC 1st century BC Era Classical antiquity Authentication Score 2 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info