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Gaius Lucilius Quotes

2nd-century BC Roman satirist

Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 – 103 BC) was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipionic Circle.

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Alternative Names: Lucilius • Caius Lucilius

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Similar: Virgil 53.8% Horace 50.6% Publius Papinius Statius 50.3% Ennius 50.1% Lucan 49.2% Juvenal 48.1% Gaius Valerius Flaccus 47.6% Ovid 47.5% Plautus 47.1% Silius Italicus 46.6%
Ut pueri infantes credunt signa omnia aena
vivere et esse homines, sic isti somnia ficta
vera putant, credunt signis cor inesse in aenis.
Pergula pictorum, veri nil, omnia ficta.

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Vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventris!

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O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane!

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