11 Quotes by Persius

Dein Wissen hat keine Bedeutung, wenn niemand anderes weiß, dass du weißt.

Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed.

Oh, what a void there is in things.

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?