It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
Marcus Tullius CiceroTags: progress intellect ideas-are-power
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
Marcus Tullius CiceroTags: minority-rights
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Marcus Tullius CiceroFor he (Cato) gives his opinion as if he were in Plato's Republic, not in Romulus' cesspool.
Marcus Tullius CiceroTo be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
Marcus Tullius CiceroNemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere.
(No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.)
Tags: age
It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
Marcus Tullius CiceroTags: inspirational sorrow advice-for-daily-living grief fear-and-loathing
To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
Marcus Tullius CiceroWe must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
Marcus Tullius CiceroEn un mot, nos mains tâchent de faire dans la nature, pour ainsi dire, une autre nature.
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