--_Propertius_.
SEXTUS PROPERTIUS, the great Roman elegiac poet, was born at Aassisium,
about 50 B.C., and died about 15 B.C. His poems consist of four books.
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live, and enjoy his
being, who is engaged in some laudable pursuit and acquire a name
by some illustrious action or useful art.
--_Sallust_.
SALLUST, a famous Roman historian, was born about 86 B.C., and died at
Rome, about 34 B.C. He wrote: "The Conspiracy of Catiline," and "The
History of the War Against Jugurtha."
A good man possesses a kingdom.
"Thyestes," 380,--_Seneca_.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA, an illustrious Roman philosopher, was born at
Corduba, in Spain, about the year 4 B.C., and died A.D. 65. Many of his
writings have come down to our time, among them 124 "Epistles to
Lucilius," containing exhortations to the practice of virtue: "On
Providence," "Anger," "Of Benefits," and "Natural History Questions,"
also, several tragedies, among them, "Phædra," "Thyestes," and "Medea."
Habit is stronger than nature.
--_Quintus Curtius Rufus_.
QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS a notable Eoman historian, was born about the
first century A.D. He is the author of "De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni"
(Deeds of Alexander the Great), in ten books, the first two of which are
lost.
The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the
folly of others.
Natural History, Book xviii, Sect. 31,--_Pliny the Elder_.
PLINY THE ELDER, a celebrated Roman compiler of encyclopædic knowledge,
was born at Novum Comum, (Como), A.D. 23; and died A.D. 79. He wrote: "A
Natural History" in 37 books, compiled from more than 2,000 volumes.
Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention.
--_Persius_.
AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS, a famous Latin satiric poet, was born at
Volaterræ in Etruria, 34 A.D., and died A.D. 62. He wrote six satires,
and they are all extant.
A liar should have a good memory.
"Institutionis Oratoriæ," iv, 2, 91,--_Quintilian_.
QUINTILIAN, the famous Roman rhetorician, was born about A.D. 35, at
Calagurris (Calahorra), Spain, and died about A.D. 95 or 96. His great
work, "Institutionis Oratoriæ," is one of the most renowned classical
works on rhetoric.