Skip to content

PROVERBIUM SENIORUM

(Wisdom of the Elders) Blog of quotations, epigrams,& excerpts. COMMENT/DISCUSS: twitter.com/PSeniorum.

Tag: Roman author

Posted on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.”—Pliny the Younger [Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundis], 61-c.113 AD

Posted on May 2, 2020May 2, 2020

“God rewards virtue; He shouldn’t have to furnish it.”—Aulus Gellius, Roman author, 125-180 AD

Posted on May 16, 2017

“You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

“We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

“A few are unwilling to sin; everybody knows how.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on December 19, 2016December 19, 2016

“No one in business can prosper if he believes what he is told.”—Petronius, Roman author

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 139 other subscribers

Archives

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Tags

"Observatio Experimenta et Inventum" a blog of quotations Albert Einstein American comedian American poet American writer Aristotle Chinese philosopher Cicero coffees Confucius Creators of innovative teas tisanes and coffees since 2005 Desiderius Erasmus English novelist English writer et Inventum" Euripides Experimenta free educational service French philosopher Fusion-Infusions Fusion-Infusions.com gluten-free Greek dramatist Greek philosopher Greek playwright Horace innovative gluten-free teas tisanes and coffees Irish playwright Irish proverb Mark Twain Observatio Oliver Goldsmith Oscar Wilde Plato Proverbium Seniorum ProverbiumSeniorum.WordPress.com Publilius Syrus Quotations Ralph Waldo Emerson Roman maxim writer Roman philosopher Roman playwright Roman poet Seneca the Younger Sophocles teas The Daily Extract TheDailyExtract.WordPress.com tisanes
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • PROVERBIUM SENIORUM
    • Join 138 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • PROVERBIUM SENIORUM
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar