Roman Politician Quotes

Julius Caesar

Augustus

Marcus Aurelius

Pompey

Marcus Junius Brutus

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Catiline

As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.

He could boast that he inherited it brick and left it marble.

Referring to the city of Rome

Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who determine what is needed for the welfare of the whole universe, of which you are a part.

Marcus Aurelius

More people worship the rising than the setting sun.

Is it not better to die valiantly, than ignominiously to lose our wretched and dishonored lives after being the sport of others' insolence?

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Appius Claudius Caecus

Your councils be long, your doings be slow, consider the end.

Marcus Junius Brutus