Ancient Wisdom Quotes

“The Earth is my mother, and I am her son.”

Atharva Veda

“I am a human being; nothing human is alien to me.”

Terence

“Experientia docet: experience teaches.”

Latin Proverb

“Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.”

“Per aspera ad astra: through hardships to the stars.”

Latin Proverb

“Though the income be small, there is no harm if expenditure does not exceed it.”

Thiruvalluvar

“Wealth acquired by honest means, without harming others, yields both virtue and happiness.”

Thiruvalluvar

“Money alone sets all the world in motion.”

Publilius Syrus

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”

“Mens sana in corpore sano: a sound mind in a sound body.”

Juvenal

“As is the food, so is the mind.”

Indian Proverb

“Eat with moderation agreeable food, and there will be no disease.”

Thiruvalluvar

“Everything in excess is opposed to nature.”

Hippocrates

“To punish wrongdoers, put them to shame by doing them good.”

Thiruvalluvar

“Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.”

Publilius Syrus

“Bear with others' faults always; to forget them is even better.”

Thiruvalluvar

“Errare humanum est: to err is human.”

Latin Proverb

“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.”

Cicero

“Libertas inaestimabilis res est: liberty is a thing beyond all price.”

Latin Legal Maxim

“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”

Cicero

“No medicine is needed for the body if one eats only after the previous meal has been digested.”

Thiruvalluvar

“If one eats with moderation, knowing when the previous meal has been digested, it is the way to prolong the life of the body.”

Thiruvalluvar