Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Ausonius

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Roman poet Ausonius.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Ausonius

Decimius Magnus Ausonius was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine, modern Bordeaux, France. For a time he was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him. His best-known poems are Mosella, a description of the river Moselle, and Ephemeris, an account of a typical day in his life. His many other verses show his concern for his family, friends, teachers, and circle of well-to-do acquaintances and his delight in the technical handling of meter.

Roman - Poet | 310 - 395
No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. — © Ausonius
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
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