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Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies.

Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Check disease in its approach.

Check disease in its approach.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: He who conquers, endures.

He who conquers, endures.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Nothing can be born of nothing; nothing can be resolved into nothing.

Nothing can be born of nothing; nothing can be resolved into nothing.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta suppellex. Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there.

Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta suppellex.

Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.

The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Each man has his fancy.

Each man has his fancy.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: For Yesterday was once To-morrow.

For Yesterday was once To-morrow.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight.

The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: The belly is the giver of genius.

The belly is the giver of genius.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Indulge, and to thy genius freely give,For not to live at ease is not to live.

Indulge, and to thy genius freely give,
For not to live at ease is not to live.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Live according to your income.

Live according to your income.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed.

Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her.[Lat., Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta.]

Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her.
[Lat., Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta.]

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention.

The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: You follow words of the toga (language of the cultivated class).[Lat., Verba togae sequeris.]

You follow words of the toga (language of the cultivated class).
[Lat., Verba togae sequeris.]

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?

Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Things fit only to give weight to smoke.

Things fit only to give weight to smoke.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: I know you even under the skin.

I know you even under the skin.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.

Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser.

Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser.

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: O natal star, thou producest twins of widely different character.[Lat., Geminos, horoscope, varo Producis genio.]

O natal star, thou producest twins of widely different character.
[Lat., Geminos, horoscope, varo Producis genio.]

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter

Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there.[Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.]

Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there.
[Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.]

Aulus Persius Flaccus quotes: Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!

Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!