If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.
All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal.... If you make a promise, the thing is still uncertain, depends on a future day, and concerns but few people; but if you refuse you alienate people to a certainty and at once, and many people too.
For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].
Strict law is often great injustice.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.
Never injure a friend, even in jest.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
Not to know what happened before means to remain forever a child.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Certain signs precede certain events.
An ancient custom obtains force of nature.
If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Generosity should never exceed ability.
The works of nature must all be accounted good.
An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?
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