Suetonius

Historian Biographer Ancient Rome 69 – 122

Roman biographer whose Lives of the Caesars blend history with vivid anecdotes.

378 quotes

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."
Success
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life."
Work
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
Dreams
"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow."
Humor
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Beauty
"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
Death
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Perseverance
"We rise by lifting others."
Gratitude
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Creativity
"An unjust law is itself a species of violence."
Justice
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
Patience
"Kindness is giving hope to those who think they are all alone."
Kindness
"The human capacity for burden is like bamboo - far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance."
Strength
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
Fear
"Power is not given to you - you have to take it."
Power
"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."
Money
"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools."
Health
"Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable' and 20 percent 'Oh my God, what was I thinking?'"
Adventure
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere."
Imagination
"Technology is best when it gives everyone access to the same information."
Technology
"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it."
History
"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."
Philosophy
"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper."
Literature
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."
Politics
"War is sweet to those who have never experienced it."
War
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success."
Motivation
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."
Inspiration
"Relationships are a lot of work, but worth it."
Relationships
"The cure for loneliness is solitude."
Solitude
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for."
Change