Marcus Valerius Maximus

Famous quotes containing the words marcus valerius, marcus and/or valerius:

    “Martial, the things for to attain
    The happy life be these, I find:
    The riches left, not got with pain;
    The fruitful ground, the quiet mind;
    The equal friend; no grudge nor strife;
    No charge of rule nor governance;”
    —Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis)

    “It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.”
    —Greil Marcus (b. 1945)

    “My sweetest Lesbia let us live and love,
    And though the sager sort our deeds reprove,
    Let us not weigh them: Heav’n’s great lamps do dive
    Into their west, and straight again revive,
    But soon as once set is our little light,
    Then must we sleep one ever-during night.”
    —Catullus [Gaius Valerius Catullus] (84–54 B.C.)