Marcus Manilius quotes

Marcus Manilius was a Roman poet, astrologer, and author, best known for his didactic poem "Astronomica". His writings provide valuable insight into the ancient understanding of astrology and cosmology. He is recognized for significantly influencing later traditions of Western astrology. Here are 18 of his quotes:

Labor is itself a pleasure. (Marcus Manilius)
Every one is in a small way the image of God. View quote
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As we are born we die, and the end commences with the beginning. View quote
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By several proofs experience art has made, Example being guide. View quote
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We are always beginning to live, but are never living. View quote
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The hours fly around in a circle. View quote
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All things obey fixed laws. View quote
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Nascentes morimur, finisque ab origine pendet. View quote
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It is easy to spread the sails to propitious winds, and to cultivate in different ways a rich soil, and to give lustre to gold and ivory, when the very raw material itself shines. View quote
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Man must be so weighed as though there were a God within him. View quote
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No barriers, no masses of matter, however enormous, can withstand the powers of the mind. The remotest corners yield to them; all things succumb, the very heaven itself is laid open. (Marcus Manilius)
Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. View quote
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Who can know heaven except by its gifts? and who can find out God, unless the man who is himself an emanation from God? View quote
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Seek not the measure of matter; fix your gaze Upon the power of reason, not of bulk; For reason 'tis that all things overcomes. View quote
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Who can believe that all these mighty works Have grown, unaided by the hand of God, From small beginnings? that the law is blind by which the world was made? View quote
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How many realms since Troy have been o'erthrown? How many nations captive led? How oft Has Fortune up and down throughout the world Changed slavery for dominion? View quote
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Time stands with impartial law. View quote
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Death's law brings change to all created things; Lands cease to know themselves as years roll on. As centuries pass, e'en nations change their form, Yet safe the world remains, with all it holds. View quote
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Quotes count: 18
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