Look with favor upon a bold beginning.

Audacibus annua coeptis.

Virgil

Georgics

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Topic

Taking risks New beginnings

Author

Virgil

Source

Georgics

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

29 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Virgil. Georgica [Georgics]. c. 29 BCE, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Georgics." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.

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Another quote about Taking risks

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Le Cid

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Topic
Winning Taking risks
Speaker
Don Gomes, Le Comte

Author

Pierre Corneille
Source
Le Cid
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragicomedy
Language
French
Time
1636 1630s 17th century
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Original Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Le Cid. Dec. 1636, Theatre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Corneille, Pierre. "The Cid." The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion, translated by John Cairncross. Penguin Classics, 1976.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Caesar

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
Victory Domination
Speaker
Julius Caesar

Author

Plutarch
Source
Julius Caesar Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography Historical literature
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
46 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

Another quote originally in Latin

I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

René Descartes

Meditations on First Philosophy

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Questioning one's beliefs

Author

René Descartes
Source
Meditations on First Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1641 1640s 17th century
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Original Citation

Descartes, René. Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur [Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated]. Paris, 1641, first meditation.

Current Citation

Descarte, René. "Meditations on First Philosophy." Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett Publishing, 1999, first meditation.