Claudian Quote

Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.


Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli, l. 239-241


Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.

Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.

Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.

Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.