Quotes by Statius

7 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Ne frena animo permitte calenti; Da spatium, tenuemque moram; male cuncta ministrat Impetus. Give not reins to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.— filed under Anger

O cæca nocentum consilia! O semper timidum scelus! Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!— filed under Example

Si vultis nihil timere, cogitate omnia esse timenda. If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared. SENECA. Quæstionum Naturalium, VI. 2. Primus in orbe deos fecit timor. Fear in the world first created the gods.— filed under Fear

Tunc plurima versat Pessimus in dubiis augur timor. Then fear, the very worst prophet in misfortunes, anticipates many evils.— filed under Fear

Fors æqua merentes Respicit. A just fortune awaits the deserving.— filed under Freedom

Quid crastina volveret ætas, Scire nefas homini. Man is not allowed to know what will happen to-morrow.— filed under Ignorance

Pulchrum est vitam donare minori. It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.— filed under Mercy

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