To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROKindness is stronger than fear.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROPoliticians are not born; they are excreted.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROCultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERODogs wait for us faithfully.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROA happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhere is there dignity unless there is honesty?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROOld age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIs not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhile there’s life, there’s hope.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO