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Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Cornelius Nepos

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos was a Roman biographer. He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona.

Roman - Author | 100 BC - 24 BC

Source: Wikipedia

Peace is obtained by war.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. — © Cornelius Nepos

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

So that he seemed to depart not from life, but from one home to another.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

That evil can never be great which is the last.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

After darkness comes the light.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

No evil is great if it is the last.

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

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