Humorous Sayings
939 sayings found from the Ancient era
I love treason but hate a traitor.
Cowards die many times before their actual deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!
My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.
Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!
Make haste cautiously.
Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
These men, Qin Shi Huang declared, claimed to be sorcerers. If they really had magic powers, then they could bring themselves back to life.
Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.
O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.
I am the King of Kings, the Pharaoh of all Pharaohs, the Lord of all Lords. I am the one who brings peace and order to the land, who vanquishes all foes, and whose strength is unmatched.
My majesty went forth, my chariot was of electrum, my horses were swift, my charioteer was strong, my heart was firm, my might was great, my strength was more than that of a million men.
There was no other like me, no other king who could stand before me, for I am the chosen of Ra, the son of Osiris, the living Horus on earth.
All lands bow before my sandals, all foreign countries tremble at my name, for I am the one who sets the boundaries of Egypt and extends its might to the ends of the earth.
If any one take over a waste-lying field to make it arable, but is lazy, and does not make it arable, he shall plow the fallow field in the fourth year, harrow it and till it, and give it back to its owner, and for each ten gan (a measure of area) te…
If a tavern-keeper (feminine) does not accept corn according to gross weight in payment of drink, but takes money, and the price of the drink is less than that of the corn, she shall be convicted and thrown into the water.
If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.
If the slave of a freed man strike the body of a freed man, his ear shall be cut off.
If a physician make a large incision with the operating knife, and kill him, or open a tumor with the operating knife, and cut out the eye, his hands shall be cut off.