3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Of all nature’s gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
