Silius Italicus quotes - page 2

Victorious Carthage measures the downfall of Rome by all the heap of gold that was torn from the left hands of the slain. (Silius Italicus)
War calls for strategy: valour is less praiseworthy in a commander. View quote
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So, when a pebble breaks the surface of a motionless pool, in its first movements it forms tiny rings; and next, while the water glints and shimmers under the growing force, it swells the number of the circles over the rounding pond, until at last one extended circle reaches with wide-spreading compass from bank to bank. View quote
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Even so a shepherd, seeking safety for his flock, lures the wolves at night by the bleating of a tethered lamb into the pitfall masked by a slender covering of leafage. View quote
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Then the shouting of the sailors, which had long been rising from the open sea, filled all the shore with its sound; and, when the rowers all together brought the oars back sharply to their breasts, the sea foamed under the stroke of a hundred blades. View quote
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My attendants are Honour and Praise, Renown and Glory with joyful countenance, and Victory with snow-white wings like mine. View quote
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Here I begin the war by which the fame of the Aeneadae was raised to heaven and proud Carthage submitted to the rule of Italy. View quote
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That crystal river keeps its pools of blue water free from all stain above its shallow bed, and slowly draws along its fair stream of greenish hue. One would scarce believe it was moving; so softly along its shady banks, while the birds sing sweet in rivalry, it leads along in a shining flood its waters that tempt to sleep. View quote
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Nowhere do men remain loyal for long when Fortune proves unstable. View quote
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Neither the wrath of Heaven nor the attacks of enemies are as fatal as Pleasure alone when she infects the mind. View quote
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It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar. (Silius Italicus)
Deforme sub armis vana superstitio est: dea sola in pectore Virtus bellantum viget. View quote
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