Claudianus Claudius Quotes & Sayings

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence. — Claudius Claudianus

Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. — Claudius Claudianus

Nor is heaven always at peace. — Claudius Claudianus

Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts. — Claudius Claudianus

The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. — Claudius Claudianus

Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods. — Claudius Claudianus

The covetous man is always poor. — Claudius Claudianus

Death renders all equal. — Claudius Claudianus

The world is organised by the war economy and the war culture. — Eduardo Galeano

Forget about intentions. What any institution, or its agents, "intend" for you is secondary. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position. — Claudius Claudianus

Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. — Milton Friedman

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it. — Claudius Claudianus

The fickle populace always change with the prince. — Claudius Claudianus

So promise me, right now, my dick still inside you, you naked on top of me in bed, us sharing what we just shared, us having a taste of what it's like apart and knowin' we're better together, you won't leave me. — Kristen Ashley

Here is a fine field for talent. — Claudius Claudianus

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. — Claudius Claudianus

The best manners are stained by haughtiness. — Claudius Claudianus

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor. — Claudius Claudianus

A severe war lurks under the show of peace. — Claudius Claudianus

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself. — Claudius Claudianus

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. — Claudius Claudianus

Many comedians consider themselves to be cutting edge. But why do we have to use the knife for the analogy. Let's use the spoon. I like to consider myself the big bowl-like area of the spoon that holds all the stuff you like. — Brian Regan

Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth. — Claudius Claudianus

He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion. — Claudius Claudianus

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. — Claudius Claudianus

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end. — Jeff Lynne

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. — George Eliot

Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup. — Claudius Claudianus

From my experience, moving through life, things tend to go in eight- to 10-year cycles. Friends, relationships and whatnot. — Les Claypool

If you don't feel the pain with others, you wont know the meaning of sharing happiness ... — Hussein S. Hariri

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it. — Claudius Claudianus

Whoever desires is always poor. — Claudius Claudianus