Top 10 Suetonius Quotes (2024 Update)

Suetonius Quote: “Alea iacta est.”

1. “Alea iacta est.”

Suetonius Quote: “Let us go whither the omens of the Gods and the iniquity of our enemies call us. The die is now cast.” XXXIII.”

2. “Let us go whither the omens of the Gods and the iniquity of our enemies call us. The die is now cast.” XXXIII.”

Suetonius Quote: “Upon the whole, he added nothing to his own happiness by all the dangers, the fatigues, and the perpetual anxiety which he had incurred in the pursuit of unlimited power.”

3. “Upon the whole, he added nothing to his own happiness by all the dangers, the fatigues, and the perpetual anxiety which he had incurred in the pursuit of unlimited power.”

Suetonius Quote: “An informer’s word was always believed. Every crime became a capital one, even the utterance of a few careless words.”

4. “An informer’s word was always believed. Every crime became a capital one, even the utterance of a few careless words.”

Suetonius Quote: “About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed his respect by placing upon it a golden crown and strewing it with flowers; and being then asked whether he wished to see the tomb of the Ptolemies as well, he replied, “My wish was to see a king, not corpses.”

5. “About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed his respect by placing upon it a golden crown and strewing it with flowers; and being then asked whether he wished to see the tomb of the Ptolemies as well, he replied, “My wish was to see a king, not corpses.”

Suetonius Quote: “As for Gaius, he has no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse dry-shod across the Gulf of Baiae.”

6. “As for Gaius, he has no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse dry-shod across the Gulf of Baiae.”

Suetonius Quote: “Even as a young officer he was such a hard drinker that his name, Tiberius Claudius Nero, was displaced by the nickname ‘Biberius Caldius Mero’ – meaning: ‘Drinker of wine with no water added’.”

7. “Even as a young officer he was such a hard drinker that his name, Tiberius Claudius Nero, was displaced by the nickname ‘Biberius Caldius Mero’ – meaning: ‘Drinker of wine with no water added’.”

Suetonius Quote: “When the governor ordered him to travel around the district courts to administer justice and he arrived at Gades, he noticed the statue of Alexander the Great at the temple of Hercules and groaned as though disgusted with his own idleness – he had done nothing worth remembering at an age when Alexander had already conquered the world. He.”

8. “When the governor ordered him to travel around the district courts to administer justice and he arrived at Gades, he noticed the statue of Alexander the Great at the temple of Hercules and groaned as though disgusted with his own idleness – he had done nothing worth remembering at an age when Alexander had already conquered the world. He.”

Suetonius Quote: “He answered some governors who had written to recommend an increase in the burden of provincial taxation, with: ‘A good shepherd shears his flock; he does not flay them.”

9. “He answered some governors who had written to recommend an increase in the burden of provincial taxation, with: ‘A good shepherd shears his flock; he does not flay them.”

Suetonius Quote: “Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est: aliis rebus pietatem colas. Be just, unless a kingdom tempts to break the laws, For sovereign power alone can justify the cause.”

10. “Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est: aliis rebus pietatem colas. Be just, unless a kingdom tempts to break the laws, For sovereign power alone can justify the cause.”

Suetonius Quote: “Acting on a praetor’s complaint, he had a comedian named Hylas publicly scourged in the hall of his own residence; and expelled Pylades not only from Rome, but from Italy too, because when a spectator started to hiss, he called the attention of the whole audience to him with an obscene movement of his middle finger.”

11. “Acting on a praetor’s complaint, he had a comedian named Hylas publicly scourged in the hall of his own residence; and expelled Pylades not only from Rome, but from Italy too, because when a spectator started to hiss, he called the attention of the whole audience to him with an obscene movement of his middle finger.”

Suetonius Quote: “Translator’s Note: The introductory paragraphs to the life of Julius Caesar are lost in all manuscripts.”

12. “Translator’s Note: The introductory paragraphs to the life of Julius Caesar are lost in all manuscripts.”

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