When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
About Ausonius
Decimius Magnus Ausoniuswas a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine (now Bordeaux, France). For a time, he was tutor to the future Emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him.
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If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
Ausonius
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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.
Ausonius
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No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.
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