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Ammianus Marcellinus Quotes

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

Ammianus Marcellinus
Truth, Communication, Simple

No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other

Ammianus Marcellinus
Christian, Beast, Dealings

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.

Ammianus Marcellinus
Desire, Wicked, Occupation
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 148-49, Annales, XXX. 9, 1922.

Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of great pride and insolence. A whole troop of foreigners would not be able to withstand a single Gaul if he called his wife to his assistance, who is usually very strong, and with blue eyes

Ammianus Marcellinus
Strong, Eye, Pride

Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art.

Ammianus Marcellinus
Inspirational, Art, Truth

Truth is often attended with danger.

Ammianus Marcellinus
Truth, Truth Is, Danger

Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening.

Ammianus Marcellinus
May, Evening, Wheels
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 289-93, Historia, XXVI. 8, 1922.

No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.

Ammianus Marcellinus
Taken, Fate, Men
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 261-65, Historia, XXIII. 5, 1922.

Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result.

Ammianus Marcellinus
Success, Finals, Results
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 759-62, Annales, XXV. 3, 1922.

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