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Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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Also known as: Publius Papinius Statius

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Pleasant is it to the unhappy to speak, and to recall the sorrows of old time.

It was forbidden to man to know what to-morrow's day would bring.

So strange is Chance, so blind the purposes of men!

A dignity that charms and virtue gay yet weighty.

And bold Stesichorus and rash Sappho, who feared not Leucas but took the manly leap.

A just fortune awaits the deserving.

Tis noble to spare the vanquished.

Long time has Thetis been scanning every corner with silent glance.

Or to describe to his pupil upon his lyre the heroes of old time.

Thrace, steeped in the passionate love of war.

Fear, in times of doubt the worst of prophets.

Give not reins to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

Man is not allowed to know what will happen to-morrow.

It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.

You are the grandson of the sky and sea.

Blind counsels of the wicked! Crime cowardly ever!

Wonderful but true! Shall future progeny of men believe, when crops grow again and this desert shall once more be green, that cities and peoples are buried below and that an ancestral countryside vanished in a common doom? Nor does the summit yet cease its deadly thrust.

All soil is human birthright.

Did not shame restrain him and awe of the mother by his side.

Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.

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