Additional Quotes for Roma Surrectum
I have added some more to the previous list that can be found in the old thread.
This is the final list of Quotes I think should be added to Roma Surrectum. I may post more in the future, but I will work on the temples before that, so for now; consider it the final thing.
Unhappy Greeks, barbarians to each other
Euripides
Ares is lord: Greece has no fear of gold
Timotheus
Though you are sound of limb proud Sparta, look to your ruler,
Lest from your stock a disabled prince should succeed to the kingdom.
For then unlooked for ordeals and numberless trials shall oppress you
And the stormy billows of man-killing war shall roll down upon you
Diopeithes, a Spartan diviner, citing an oracle to warn against the rule of Agesilaus
Where men have been trained in a particular school of philosophy, its principles should guide their conduct and confer a certain grace, harmony and fitness upon all their actions
Plutarch
After such a long period of tyranny, the Syracusans were in the position of a man who tries at the end of a long illness to stand immediately on his feet, and so in attempting to act the part of a free people before they were ready for it, they stumbled in their efforts.
Plutarch
The first necessity for a happy life is to be born a native of a famous city
Euripides
The dolphins’ strength deserts him on dry land
Ion of Chios
Reason, my lord, may dwell within a man
And yet abandon him, when troubles come.
Sophocles
Fool hardy man, why provoke one whose temper is savage already?
Homer, The Odyssey
You fan my flame one moment: in the next
Extinguish it.
Aeschylus, on Fortune
… but heart-sick he brooded
Pining at home for the war-cry, the noise of battle
Homer, The Iliad, describing Achilles
‘My friends, what a wrestling ground we are leaving behind us for the Romans and the Carthaginians.’
Pyrrhus of Epirus, as he withdrew from the island of Sicily
‘If you are a God, you will do us no harm, for we have done none to you. But if you are a man, you may meet one who is stronger than you.’
The Spartan Madrocleidas, to Pyrrhus of Epirus
Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth
Archimedes
Another victory like that, and I'm done for!
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Nothing is so fortified that it can't be conquered with money
Cicero
Captive Greece captured her ferocious victor, and brought the arts into the rustic Latium
Horace
They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace
Tacitus, attributed to Calagus of the Caledonians
For my own part, I agree with those who think that the tribes of Germany are free from all taint of intermarriages with foreign nations, and that they appear as a distinct, unmixed race, like none but themselves.
Tacitus, on the Germans
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men
Thucydides
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger
Thucydides
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage
Thucydides
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter
Thucydides
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers
Thucydides
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit
Thucydides
Go and tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
That here, obedient to their laws, dead we lie
Epitaph on the monument at Thermopylae
A rampart of men is better than one of bricks
Lycurgus of Sparta
If the arrows of the Medes darken the sun, we shall have our fight in the shade
Dienekes the Spartan
Never cut off a man's escape route... unless you want to see just how hard he can fight
Sun Tzu
Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemies unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions
Sun Tzu
Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared attack and make your move when they do not expect it
Sun Tzu
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader
Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say: Fools because they have to say something
Plato
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber
Plato
Delenda est Carthago
Carthage must be destroyed!
Cato the Elder
Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death
Scipio Africanus
We will either find a way or make one
Hannibal Barca
There is one thing, Gisgo, yet more astonishing, which you take no notice of. In all those great numbers before us, there is not one man called Gisgo
Hannibal Barca, to a soldier shocked by the numerical superiority of the Romans at Cannae
I swear so soon as age will permit I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome
Hannibal, as a young boy to his father
Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant
Hail Caesar; those who are about to die salute you
Gladiators' salutation
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience
Julius Caesar
Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude
Julius Caesar
Exercitus labore proficit, otio consenescit
An army is strengthened by work and weakened by idleness
Vegetius
When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die
with their comrades and with their arms in their hands
Vegetius
What is necessary to be performed in the heat of action should constantly be practiced in the leisure of peace
Vegetius
Death shall lay me low, too. Yet before he strikes, I am resolved upon great deeds
Achilles (in Homer's Iliad)
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause
Homer
If a man obeys the gods, they are quick to hear his prayers
Homer
There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind
Achilles to Hector, the Iliad
Fight for your country - that is the best, the only omen!
Hector, the Iliad
Force has no place where there is need of skill
Herodotus
This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power
Herodotus
In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest
Titus Livy
Barbaris ex fortuna pendet fides
The barbarians are only faithful while your luck holds
Titus Livy
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
History is philosophy teaching by example
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance
Aesop
I prefer the most unjust peace to the justest war that was ever waged
Cicero
It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war
Aristophanes
I do not fear an army of lions, if they are led by a lamb. I do fear an army of sheep, if they are led by a lion
Alexander the Great
Words will build no walls
Plutarch
Each man is the smith of his own fortune
Appius Claudius Caecus
Omnibus hostes reddite nos populis--civile avertite bellum
Let us fight every people on earth, but avoid civil war
Marcus Annaeus Lucan
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too
Marcus Aurelius
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies
Aristotle
They fight individually, and are collectively conquered
Tacitus
Only a few prefer liberty - the majority seek nothing more than fair masters
Sallust
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus
We are slaves of the laws in order that we may be able to be free
Cicero
The wisest men follow their own direction
Euripides
Only by great risks can great results be achieved
Xerxes
Molon Labe
Come and get them
Leonidas, in reply to Xerxes' demand to surrender his weapons before the battle of Thermopylae
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition
Xenophon
My advice is that you should possess superior strength, or be on good terms with those who do possess it
Phocion
To me every bad Greek is a Barbarian and every good Barbarian is a Greek
Alexander the Great
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
Alexander the Great
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters
Alexander the Great
Study the past if you would define the future.
Confucius [/QUOTE]
From the pride and arrogance of the Romans nothing is sacred. But the vengeful gods are now at hand. On this spot we must either conquer, or die with glory
Boudicca
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dvk, I see you managed to add the quote in your sig; does the old problem still remain with that you can only add one, or else it gets stuck on only a single quote? Well, I found this, I hope it may be of some help. http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=53089
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Re: Additional Quotes for Roma Surrectum
Caesar's "The dye is cast" is allready in, I've removed it from the above list. 
Originally Posted by pseudocaesar
