Statius quotes

Whoever worships the gods in good faith, loves their priests too. (Statius)
For they say that Aegina was carried by force from her father's stream. View quote
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The cruelty of war makes for peace. View quote
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Him did Galatia dare to provoke to war in lusty pride. View quote
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More stars fall from the loosened sky. View quote
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"The thunderbolt, ay, where the thunderbolt?" Apollo laments. View quote
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You are the grandson of the sky and sea. View quote
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Among them pert-faced Elegy draws near. View quote
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A brief reign spares not the folk. View quote
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The crowd is at silent odds with the prince. As is the way of a populace, the man of the future is the favourite. View quote
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Strife, the companion of shared sovereignty. (Statius)
Fear first made gods in the world. View quote
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Fraternal warfare, and alternate reigns fought for in unnatural hate. View quote
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A just fortune awaits the deserving. View quote
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Grief and mad wrath devoured his soul, and hope, heaviest of mortal cares when long deferred. View quote
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While spear in hand he repels the hounds agape to rend him. View quote
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Jupiter, what spoils of war will our gift make yours! View quote
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The claw tips are tamed with gold. View quote
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Too little mindful of your folk. View quote
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That day was the day of Tydeus: from him they flee and tremble. View quote
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They wonder in silence and turn pale for the dubious thunderbolt. (Statius)
Ah! what fury! alas! mankind, alas! dread Promethean skill! View quote
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O live, I pray! Nor rival the divine Aeneid, but follow afar and ever venerate its footsteps. View quote
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And snatched sweet grapes from the hills. View quote
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The wood that crowns the peak of Nesis set fast in ocean. View quote
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