Fortune favors the brave.

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Fortune favors the bold Bravery Courage

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Turnus

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 10.

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Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 10.

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Another quote about Courage

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Acceptance Courage Wisdom

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. Diary entry. 1932.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

You know as well as we do that right, as the word goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War

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Justice Power relations Political theory

Author

Thucydides
Source
History of the Peloponnesian War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
404 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

Another quote originally in Latin

They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.

Thomas More

Utopia

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Lawyers

Author

Thomas More
Source
Utopia
Genre
Satire Political literature
Language
Latin
Time
1516 1510s 16th century
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Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.