Ammianus Marcellinus Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Ammianus Marcellinus
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result. — Ammianus Marcellinus
Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art. — Ammianus Marcellinus
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. — Ammianus Marcellinus
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of great pride and insolence. A whole troop of foreigners would not be able to withstand a single Gaul if he called his wife to his assistance, who is usually very strong, and with blue eyes — Ammianus Marcellinus
No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other — Ammianus Marcellinus
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. — Ammianus Marcellinus
Anger is defined by philosophers as a long-standing and sometimes incurable mental ulcer, usually arising from weakness of intellect. In support of this they argue with some plausibility that this tendency occurs more in invalids than in the healthy, more in women than in men, more in the old than the young, more in those in trouble than in the prosperous. — Ammianus Marcellinus
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. — Ammianus Marcellinus
It is not fit to spin out history with petty details. — Ammianus Marcellinus
There can be no question of mistake or error raised before men who consider whatever they choose to do to be in itself the greatest of virtues. — Ammianus Marcellinus
No wild beasts are so deadly to humans as most Christians are to each other. — Ammianus Marcellinus