Marcellinus Ammianus Quotes & Sayings

Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen. — Garth Nix

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 often attended with danger. — Ammianus Marcellinus

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple. — Ammianus Marcellinus

No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other — Ammianus Marcellinus

No wild beasts are so deadly to humans as most Christians are to each other. — 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

The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited. — Stephen King

Let's face it, she can't have simply disappeared ... can she?"
Horace shrugged. "That's what I keep telling myself," he said morosley. "But somehow it looks as if she has. — John Flanagan

It is not fit to spin out history with petty details. — Ammianus Marcellinus

No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. — 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

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. — Ammianus Marcellinus

Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art. — Ammianus Marcellinus

Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. — Jasper Fforde

You did what was right for those who agreed with you, and that is all in the past. We are talking about our future. Oliver, we cannot live as we did. — Rachel Caine

Note to self: When causing the sewer system of Manhattan to explode, do not stand underneath it. — Rick Riordan

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

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. — Paul Mooney

Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. — Ammianus Marcellinus

The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be. — Frantz Fanon

I don't shake at the site of alcohol anymore. I don't feel the need for it. If anything I'll get stoned. I always told myself if it got to the point that it was affecting my songwriting and music that I'd stop. And it did get to the point. — Julian Casablancas