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M. Tullius Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices (ed. C. D. Yonge), chapter 4 (search)
In truth, as that great man, Publius Scipio, appears to me to have been born
for the overthrow and destruction of Carthage, he being the only man who, at last, as it were,
by a special decree of destiny, did overthrow it after it had been besieged,
attacked, undermined, and almost taken by many generals; so Titus Annius
appears to have been born, and to have been given to the republic, by a sort
of divine munificence as it were for the express purpose of repressing and
extinguishing and utterly destroying that pest of the state. He alone has
discovered the way not only of defeating but also of fettering an armed
citizen who was driving the citizens away, some by the sword, some by
stones, was confining others to their houses and alarming the whole city,
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), The Works of Horace (ed. C. Smart, Theodore Alois Buckley), book 2, He supposes himself to consult with Trebatius, whether he should desist from writing
satires, or not. (search)
Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, Book Two , Metrum 7: (search)
Sallust, Conspiracy of Catiline (ed. John Selby Watson, Rev. John Selby Watson, M.A.), chapter 10 (search)
But when, by perseverance and integrity, the republic had increased its power; when mighty princes had been vanquished in war;X. When mighty princes had been vanquished in war] Perses, Antiochus, Mithridates, Tigranes, and others. when barbarous tribes and populous states had been reduced to subjection; when Carthage, the rival of Rome's dominion, had been utterly destroyed, and sea and land lay every where open to her sway, Fortune then began to exercise her tyranny, and to introduce universal innovation. To those who had easily endured toils, dangers, and doubtful and difficult circumstances, ease and wealth, the objects of desire to others, became a burden and a trouble. At first the love of money, and then that of power, began to prevail, and these became, as it were, the sources of every evil. For avarice subverted honesty, integrity, and other honorable principles, and, in their stead, inculcated pride, inhumanity, contempt of religion, and general venality. Ambition prompted m
The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Excitement in Grayson county . (search)