Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROSilence is one of the great arts of conversation.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROYour enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROA man of faith is also full of courage.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo be rather than to seem.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROBut I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhen you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhile there’s life, there’s hope.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROEvery man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO