The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“In times of war, the law falls silent. Silent enim leges inter arma ” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war). — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time?… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable?… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“For other forms of relaxation are not so universally suited to all ages, times, and places; but these studies [of literature] sustain… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
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