Quintus Sextius quotes

Nothing is so peculiar to wisdom as truth. (Quintus Sextius)
To live, indeed, is not in our power; but to live rightly is. View quote
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He who is worthy of God is also a god among men. View quote
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The sage and the contemner of wealth most resemble God. View quote
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It is not death; but a bad life, which destroys the soul. View quote
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You have in yourself some thing similar to God, and therefore use yourself as the temple of God, on account of that which in you resembles God. View quote
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He best honors God who makes his intellect as like God as possible. View quote
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There is danger, and no negligible one, to speak of God even the things that are true. View quote
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The greatest honor which can be paid to God is to know and imitate him. View quote
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You should not dare to speak of God to the multitude. View quote
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Be not anxious to please the multitude. (Quintus Sextius)
A good intellect is the choir of divinity. View quote
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Consider lost all the time in which you do not think of divinity. View quote
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Accustom your soul after (it has conceived all that is great of ) divinity, to conceive something great of itself. View quote
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