Timor Quotes
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I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with
gret seiknes And feblit with
infermite: Timor mortis
conturbat me.
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More Timor Quotes
Sen for the deid remeid is none, Best is that we for dede dispone Eftir our deid that lif may we: Timor mortis conturbat me.
— c.1505 'Lament for the Makaris', stanza 25.
Multos in summa pericula misitventuri Timor ipse mali.
marcus annaeus lucanus— But many are driven to utmost peril by the mere dread of coming danger.
— Book VII, line 104.
rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges Timor.
seneca the younger— Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)
Pessimus in dubiis augur, Timor.
statius— Fear (in times of doubt the worst of prophets) revolves many things.
— Bk. 3, line 6
Primus in orbe deos fecit Timor.
statius— Fear first made gods in the world.
— Bk. 3, line 661
— These words also appear in a fragmentary poem attributed to Petronius.
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando Timor.
publilius syrus— Translation: Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
— Maxim 63.
— Variant translation: Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back.
In summo periculo Timor misericordiam non recipit.
julius caesar— In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity.
— Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum, VII. 26.
Multos in summa pericula misitVenturi Timor ipse mali.
marcus annaeus lucanus— The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.
— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia, VII. 104.
Degeneres animos Timor arguit.
virgil— Fear ever argues a degenerate kind.Line 13 (translated by John Dryden).Variant translations:Fear betrays ignoble souls.Fear is proof of a low-born soul.Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.
Pedibus Timor addidit alas.
virgil— Terror wings his flight.Line 224 (translated by John Conington).
Fortuna miserrima tute est: Nam Timor eventus deterioris abest.
ovid— The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse.
— Ovid, Epistolæ Ex Ponto, I. 2. 113.
Mors obruit illos, non Timor; invicti perstant animoque supersunt jam prope post animam.
sidonius apollinaris— Death may overwhelm them, but not fear; unconquerable they stand their ground, and their courage well-nigh outlives their lives.Carmen 5, line 251; vol. 1 p. 83.
In summo periculo Timor misericordiam non recipit.
julius caesar— In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity.
— Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum, VII. 26.
The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.
Multos in summa pericula misit Venturi Timor ipse mali.
— Pharsalia, VII. 104.
In vota miseros ultimus cogit Timor.
— Fear of death drives the wretched to prayer.
— Seneca, Agamemnon, 560.
Audendo magnus tegitur Timor.
marcus annaeus lucanus— By audacity, great fears are concealed.
— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia, IV. 702.
Quicquid agunt homines, votum, Timor, ira, voluptas, gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.
— The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.
— Juvenal, Satires, I, I, 85.
Multos in summa pericula misit venturi Timor ipse mali.
— But many are driven to utmost peril by the mere dread of coming danger.
— Book VII, line 104.
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando Timor.
— Translation: Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
— Maxim 63.
— Variant translation: Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back.
Mors obruit illos, non Timor; invicti perstant animoque supersunt jam prope post animam.
— Death may overwhelm them, but not fear; unconquerable they stand their ground, and their courage well-nigh outlives their lives.
— Carmen 5, line 251; vol. 1 p. 83.
Primus in orbe deos fecit Timor.
— Fear first made gods in the world.
— Bk. 3, line 661
— These words also appear in a fragmentary poem attributed to Petronius.
Degeneres animos Timor arguit.
— Fear betrays ignoble souls.
— Fear is proof of a low-born soul.
— Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.
Pedibus Timor addidit alas.
— Terror wings his flight.
— Line 224 (translated by John Conington).
rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges Timor.
— Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)
Pessimus in dubiis augur, Timor.
— Fear (in times of doubt the worst of prophets) revolves many things.
— Bk. 3, line 6
Worse than war is the very fear of war.
Peior est bello Timor ipse belli.
— Thyestes, line 572 (Chorus).
