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Pacuvius Quotes

220 BC–130 BC

Marcus Pacuvius (220 – c. 130 BC) was an ancient Roman tragic poet. He is regarded as the greatest of their tragedians prior to Lucius Accius.

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O you soul-bending queen of all the world,
Eloquence!

Meanwhile the billows droop and drop, the winds
Fall quiet, the sea sinks soft.

Wherever all is well—there is one's native land.

Our country is wherever we are well off.

You may complain of adverse fortune, not
Lament. This is man's duty; weeping is
A quality bestowed on woman's nature.

Ah! Did I save those men that they might be
Men who would ruin me?

Young man, although you hurry, yet this stone
Asks that you look upon itself, and then
Read what is written there. Here lie at rest
Marcus Pacuvius his bones. I wished
That you should be aware of this. Farewell.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pacuvius (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.