Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Zitate

an die Mannschaft seines Schiffes, als diese wegen eines Sturmes nicht ausfahren will; zugeschrieben von Plutarch, Pompeius 50 <br class="br">Original griechisch: &quot;Πλεῖν ἀνάγκη, ζῆν οὐκ ἀνάγκη.&quot; - el.wikisource http://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B9/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AE%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82#50<br>lateinisch : &quot;Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse.&quot; <br class="br">Zugeschrieben

“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