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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.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

age

Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

age

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

age

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

age

Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

age

Hatred is inveterate anger.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

anger

Hatred is settled anger.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

anger

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

beauty

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

best

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

best

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

best

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

change

A man of courage is also full of faith.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

courage

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

death

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

death

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

death

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

education

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

education

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

education

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

experience

A man of courage is also full of faith.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

faith

True nobility is exempt from fear.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

fear

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

fear

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

food

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

food

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

freedom

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

freedom

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

freedom

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

friendship

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

friendship

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

friendship

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

friendship

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

friendship

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

gardening

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

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.

Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

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