3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
3 December 2020 Marcus Tullius Cicero It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
