Pompeius citáty a výroky
Pompeius: Citáty anglicky
“Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!”
“Οὐ παύσεσθε,” εἶπεν, “ἡμῖν ὑπεζωσμένοις ξίφη νόμους ἀναγινώσκοντες;” Plutarch, Lives. Pompey 10.3.2. To the Mamertines in Messana, complaining about Pompey's legal jurisdiction after their city was retaken during the civil warfare. Lit.: "'Will you not give up,' he said, 'reading laws to us men girt with swords?'"
Life of Pompey
“To navigate is necessary, to live is not.”
To sailors who were defending Rome from a sea invasion.
Life of Pompey
“More people worship the rising than the setting sun.”
Spoken by a young Pompey to the Dictator Sulla to get Sulla to award him a triumph
Life of Pompey