Every stage of life has its troubles, and no man is content with his own age.
Ausonius Quotes
310–395 France
Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395) was a Gallo-Roman poet, rhetorician and consul.
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16 quotes
His monuments decay, and death comes even to his marbles and his names.
It is outrageous that a strictly abstemious reader should sit in judgement on a poet a little drunk.
O maid, while youth is with the rose and thee,
Pluck thou the rose: life is as swift for thee.
Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.
It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor.
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
So many lovely things, so rare, so young,
A day begat them, and a day will end.
If many dread you, then beware of many.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ausonius (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.