Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.
—Persius
Topics: Creativity
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.
—Persius
Topics: Desire
Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?
—Persius
Topics: Freedom
How much folly there is in human affairs.
—Persius
He conquers who endures.
—Persius
Topics: Persistence, Perseverance, Endurance
Oh, what a void there is in things.
—Persius
Topics: Consumerism
Unhappy he who does his work adjourn, and to tomorrow would the search delay: his lazy morrow will be like today.
—Persius
Topics: Procrastination
We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.
—Persius
Topics: Worry
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- Quintilian Roman Rhetorician, Literary Critic
- Martial Ancient Roman Latin Poet
- Juvenal Roman Poet
- Pliny the Younger Roman Senator, Writer
- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Roman Poet
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
- Marcus Manilius Roman Poet
- Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Roman Stoic Philosopher
- Virgil Roman Poet
- Claudian Roman Poet
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