Authors:

Aulus Gellius Quotes

Truth is the daughter of time.

Truth is the daughter of time.

Aulus Gellius
Life, Daughter, Truth
Aulus Gellius (1795). “The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius”, p.358

The spirits increase, vigor grows through a wound.

Aulus Gellius
Vigor, Spirit, Increase

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.

Aulus Gellius
Cups, Lips, Fortune
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 289-93, Translation of Greek Proverb, Book XIII. 17. 3, 1922.

A man should be religious, not superstitious.

Aulus Gellius
Religious, Men, Should

I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher. -Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video

Aulus Gellius
Philosophy, Video, Beard

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said Truth is the daughter of Time. [Lat., Alius quidam veterum poetarum cuius nomen mihi nunc memoriae non est veritatem temporis filiam esse dixit.]

Aulus Gellius
Daughter, Truth, Names

I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand drachmae.

Aulus Gellius
Cost, Repentance, Heavy

Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.

Aulus Gellius
Daughter, Memories, Names
Aulus Gellius (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aulus Gellius - 'The Attic Nights' (Illustrated)”, p.337, Delphi Classics

You May Also Like: