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Exile Is Terrible To Those Who Have, As It Were, A Circumscribed Habitation; But Not To Those Who Look Upon The Whole Globe But As One City.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Exile Is Terrible To Those Who Have, As It Were, A Circumscribed Habitation; But Not To Those Who Look Upon The Whole Globe But As One City.

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I Never Admire Another's Fortune So Much That I Became Dissatisfied With My Own.

A Wise Man Does Nothing By Constraint.

It Is Not Only Arrogant, But It Is Profligate, For A Man To Disregard The World's Opinion Of Himself.

That Which Is Not Forbidden, Is Not On That Account Permitted.

What Is Dishonorably Got, Is Dishonorably Squandered.

While There's Life, There's Hope.

Physicians, When The Cause Of Disease Is Discovered, Consider That The Cure Is Discovered.

The Devil Finds Work For Idle Hands To Do. Better To Reign In The Hell Than Serve In Heaven. We Are In Bondage To The Law In Order That We May Be Free.

Orators Are Most Vehement When Their Cause Is Weak.

It Is Easy To Distinguish Between The Joking That Reflects Good Breeding And That Which Is Coarse-the One, If Aired At An Apposite Moment Of Mental Relaxation, Is Becoming In The Most Serious Of Men, Whereas The Other Is Unworthy Of Any Free Person, If The Content Is Indecent Or The Expression Obscene.

So You See, Old Age Is Really Not So Bad. May You Come To Know The Condition!

History Is The Witness That Testifies To The Passing Of Time.

History Of Life

I Hope That The Memory Of Our Friendship Will Be Everlasting.

Pleasant Is The Recollection Of Dangers Past.

In All Great Arts, As In Trees, It Is The Height That Charms Us; We Care Nothing For The Roots Or Trunks, Yet It Could Not Be Without The Aid Of These.

Who Does Not Know That The First Law Of Historical Writing Is The Truth.

There Is Nothing God Cannot Do.

For Many Wish Not So Much To Be, As To Seem To Be, Endowed With Real Virtue.

There Are Gems Of Thought That Are Ageless And Eternal.

Our Liberality Should Not Exceed Our Ability.

Summer Lasts Not For Ever; Seasons Succeed Each Other.

Men Do Not Realize How Great An Income Thrift Is.

It Is The Soul Itself Which Sees And Hears, And Not Those Parts Which Are, As It Were, But Windows To The Soul.

Window To The Soul

History Is Indeed The Witness Of The Times, The Light Of Truth.

I Will Go Further, And Assert That Nature Without Culture Can Often Do More To Deserve Praise Than Culture Without Nature.

It Is As Hard For The Good To Suspect Evil, As It Is For The Bad To Suspect Good.

True Nobility Is Exempt From Fear.

The Harvest Of Old Age Is The Recollection And Abundance Of Blessing Previously Secured.

The Nearer I Approach Death The More I Feel Like One Who Is In Sight Of Land At Last And Is About To Anchor In One's Home Port After A Long Voyage.

Within The Character Of The Citizen, Lies The Welfare Of The Nation.

O Philosophy, You Leader Of Life.

Come Now: Do We Really Think That The Gods Are Everywhere Called By The Same Names By Which They Are Addressed By Us? But The Gods Have As Many Names As There Are Languages Among Humans. For It Is Not With The Gods As With You: You Are Velleius Wherever You Go, But Vulcan Is Not Vulcan In Italy And In Africa And In Spain.

To Stumble Twice Against The Same Stone, Is A Proverbial Disgrace. [lat., Culpa Enim Illa, Bis Ad Eundem, Vulgari Reprehensa Proverbio Est.]

A Person Who Is Wise Does Nothing Against Their Will, Nothing With Sighing Or Under Coercion.

He Who Has A Garden And A Library Wants For Nothing.

Mathematics Is An Obscure Field, An Abstruse Science, Complicated And Exact; Yet So Many Have Attained Perfection In It That We Might Conclude Almost Anyone Who Seriously Applied Himself Would Achieve A Measure Of Success.

Our Minds Are Rendered Buoyant By Exercise.

An Agreement Of Rash Men (a Conspiracy).

Everything That Thou Reprovest In Another, Thou Must Most Carefully Avoid In Thyself. [lat., Omnia Quae Vindicaris In Altero, Tibi Ipsi Vehementer Fugienda Sunt.]

He Who Suffers, Remembers.

Crimes Are Not To Be Measured By The Issue Of Events, But By The Bad Intentions Of Men.

Few Are Those Who Wish To Be Endowed With Virtue Rather Than To Seem So.

Pardon Is Granted To Necessity.

Modesty Is That Feeling By Which Honorable Shame Acquires A Valuable And Lasting Authority.

A Liar Is Not Believed Even Though He Tell The Truth.

Telling The Truth

Let The Punishment Be Proportionate To The Offense.

Every Generous Action Loves The Public View; Yet No Theatre For Virtue Is Equal To A Consciousness Of It.

Friendship, On The Other Hand, Serves A Great Host Of Different Purposes All At The Same Time. In Whatever Direction You Turn, It Still Remains Yours. No Barrier Can Shut It Out. It Can Never Be Untimely; It Can Never Be In The Way. We Need Friendship All The Time, Just As Much As We Need The Proverbial Prime Necessities Of Life, Fire And Water.

Next To God We Are Nothing. To God We Are Everything.

We Are Bound By The Law, So That We May Be Free.

There Is In Superstition A Senseless Fear Of God.

What We Call Pleasure, And Rightly So Is The Absence Of All Pain.

Let A Man Practise The Profession He Best Knows. [lat., Quam Quisque Novit Artem, In Hac Se Exerceat.]

But The Night Mother Is Mother To All! It Is Her Voice We Follow! Her Will! Would You Dare Risk Disobedience? And Surely... Punishment?

What Is Impossible By The Nature Of Things Is Not Confirmed By Any Law.

As Thou Sowest, So Shalt Thou Reap.

In Everything, Without Doubt, Truth Has The Advantage Over Imitation.

The Avarice Of The Old: It's Absurd To Increase One's Luggage As One Nears The Journey's End.

Nothing Is So Great An Adversary To Those Who Make It Their Business To Please As Expectation.

There Is No Life Without Friendship

Life Is Short, But Art Lives Forever.

A Home Without Books Is A Body Without Soul.

There Is No Grief Which Time Does Not Lessen And Soften. [lat., Nullus Dolor Est Quem Non Longinquitas Temporis Minuat Ac Molliat.]

Since An Intelligence Common To Us All Makes Things Known To Us And Formulates Them In Our Minds, Honorable Actions Are Ascribed By Us To Virtue, And Dishonorable Actions To Vice; And Only A Madman Would Conclude That These Judgments Are Matters Of Opinion, And Not Fixed By Nature.

To Add A Library To A House Is To Give That House A Soul.

Confidence Is That Feeling By Which The Mind Embarks In Great And Honorable Courses With A Sure Hope And Trust In Itself.

Time Puts An End To Speculation In Opinions, And Confirms The Laws Of Nature.

Some Men Make A Womanish Complaint That It Is A Great Misfortune To Die Before Our Time. I Would Ask What Time? Is It That Of Nature? But She, Indeed, Has Lent Us Life, As We Do A Sum Of Money, Only No Certain Day Is Fixed For Payment. What Reason Then To Complain If She Demands It At Pleasure, Since It Was On This Condition That You Received It.

No One Has The Right To Be Sorry For Himself For A Misfortune That Strikes Everyone.

But In Every Matter The Consensus Of Opinion Among All Nations Is To Be Regarded As The Law Of Nature.

What Society Does To Its Children, So Will Its Children Do To Society.

Hours And Days And Months And Years Go By; The Past Returns No More, And What Is To Be We Cannot Know; But Whatever The Time Gives Us In Which We Live, We Should Therefore Be Content.

You Must Therefore Love Me, Myself, And Not My Circumstances, If We Are To Be Real Friends.

Prosperity Demands Of Us More Prudence And Moderation Than Adversity.

No One Sees What Is Before His Feet: We All Gaze At The Stars. [lat., Quod Est Ante Pedes Nemo Spectat: Coeli Scrutantur Plagas.]

The Foundation Of Justice Is Good Faith.

Inability To Tell Good From Evil Is The Greatest Worry Of Man's Life.

The Gods Attend To Great Matters, They Neglect Small Ones.

What Is Permissible Is Not Always Honorable.

Time Destroys The Speculation Of Men, But It Confirms Nature.

A True Friend Is A Sort Of Second Self.

History Is The Teacher Of Life

Nothing Is So Difficult To Believe That Oratory Cannot Make It Acceptable, Nothing So Rough And Uncultured As Not To Gain Brilliance And Refinement From Eloquence.

Let A Man Practice The Profession Which He Best Knows.

Our Span Of Life Is Brief, But Is Long Enough For Us To Live Well And Honestly.

Loyalty Is What We Seek In Friendship.

Wisdom Often Exists Under A Shabby Coat.

We Are Born Poets. We Become Orators.

Men Think They May Justly Do That For Which They Have A Precedent.

The Multitude Of Fools Is A Protection To The Wise.

In Everything Truth Surpasses The Imitation And Copy.

Our Minds Possess By Nature An Insatiable Desire To Know The Truth.

In Times Of War, The Law Falls Silent.

The Absolute Good Is Not A Matter Of Opinion But Of Nature.

A Good Man Will Not Lie, Although It Be For His Profit.

Every Man's Friend Is No Man's Friend.

In Nothing Do Humans Approach So Nearly To The Gods As Doing Good To Others.

To Err Is Human, But To Persevere In Error Is Only The Act Of A Fool.

Philosophy Is The True Mother Of Science.

Can Any One Find In What Condition His Body Will Be, I Do Not Say A Year Hence, But This Evening?

The Science Of Love Is The Philosophy Of The Heart

We Do Not Destroy Religion By Destroying Superstition.

Nothing Quite New Is Perfect.

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That Folly Of Old Age Which Is Called Dotage Is Peculiar To Silly Old Men, Not To Age Itself.

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Non Nobis Solum Nati Sumus. (not For Ourselves Alone Are We Born.)

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As The Scale Of The Balance Must Give Way To The Weight That Presses It Down, So The Mind Must Of Necessity Yield To Demonstration.

Even While Jerusalem Was Standing And The Jews Were At Peace With Us, The Practice Of Their Sacred Rites Was At Variance With The Glory Of Our Empire, The Dignity Of Our Name, The Customs Of Our Ancestors.

Man's Best Support Is A Very Dear Friend.

The Best Interpreter Of The Law Is Custom.

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When You Are Aspiring To The Highest Place, It Is Honorable To Reach The Second Or Even The Third Rank.

No One Can Speak Well, Unless He Thoroughly Understands His Subject.

Let Us Drink For The Replenishment Of Our Strength, Not For Our Sorrow

Of All The Rewards Of Virtue, . . . The Most Splendid Is Fame, For It Is Fame Alone That Can Offer Us The Memory Of Posterity.

There Is Nothing Which Wings Its Flight So Swiftly As Calumny, Nothing Is Uttered With More Ease; Nothing Is Listened To With More Readiness, Nothing Disbursed More Widely.

It Is Foolish To Pluck Out One's Hair For Sorrow, As If Grief Could Be Assuaged By Baldness.

When Money Is Unreasonably Coveted, It Is A Disease Of The Mind Which Is Called Avarice.

He Is Sometimes Slave Who Should Be Master; And Sometimes Master Who Should Be Slave.

Let Arms Yield To The Toga, Let The [victor's] Laurel Yield To The [orator's] Tongue.

If Only Every Man Would Make Proper Use Of His Strength And Do His Utmost, He Need Never Regret His Limited Ability.

Exile Is Terrible To Those Who Have, As It Were, A Circumscribed Habitation; But Not To Those Who Look Upon The Whole Globe But As One City.

We Must Not Only Obtain Wisdom: We Must Enjoy Her.

Democritus Maintains That There Can Be No Great Poet Without A Spite Of Madness.

It Is Our Duty, My Young Friends, To Resist Old Age.

The Authority Of Those Who Teach Is Often An Obstacle To Those Who Want To Learn.

A War Is Never Undertaken By The Ideal State, Except In Defense Of Its Honor Or Its Safety.

The Well-known Old Remark Of Cato, Who Used To Wonder How Two Soothsayers Could Look One Another In The Face Without Laughing.

Too Much Liberty Leads Both Men And Nations To Slavery.

Never Injure A Friend, Even In Jest.

This Is Our Special Duty, That If Anyone Specially Needs Our Help, We Should Give Him Such Help To The Utmost Of Our Power.

Though Liberty Is Established By Law, We Must Be Vigilant, For Liberty To Enslave Us Is Always Present Under That Very Liberty. Our Constitution Speaks Of The "general Welfare Of The People." Under That Phrase All Sorts Of Excesses Can Be Employed By Lusting Tyrants To Make Us Bondsmen.

The Precept, "know Yourself," Was Not Solely Intended To Obviate The Pride Of Mankind; But Likewise That We Might Understand Our Own Worth.

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Nothing Is Difficult In The Eyes Of A Lover.

When Confronted By A Hungry Wolf, It Is Unwise To Goad The Beast, As Cato Would Have Us Do. But It Is Equally Unwise To Imagine The Snarling Animal A Friend And Offer Your Hand, As Pompey Does." "perhaps You Would Have Us Climb A Tree!

Nobody Can Give You Wiser Advice Than Yourself; You Will Never Err If You Listen To Your Own Suggestions.

Any Man Can Make Mistakes, But Only An Idiot Persists In His Error.

Habit Is, As It Were, A Second Nature. [lat., Consuetudo Quasi Altera Natura Effici.]

No Power Is Strong Enough To Be Lasting, If It Labours Under The Weight Of Fear.

Neither Can Embellishments Of Language Be Found Without Arrangement And Expression Of Thoughts, Nor Can Thoughts Be Made To Shine Without The Light Of Language.

Let Flattery, The Handmaid Of The Vices, Be Far Removed .

We Were Born To Unite With Our Fellow Men, And To Join In Community With The Human Race.

Let Every Man Practise The Trade Which He Best Understands.

You Might As Well Take The Sun Out Of The Sky As Friendship From Life: For The Immortal Gods Have Given Us Nothing Better Or More Delightful.

There Is No Praise In Being Upright, Where No One Can, Or Tries To Corrupt You.

Nothing Troubles You For Which You Do Not Yearn.

It Is Difficult To Persuade Mankind That The Love Of Virtue Is The Love Of Themselves.

We Can More Easily Avenge An Injury Than Requite A Kindness; On This Account, Because There Is Less Difficulty In Getting The Better Of The Wicked Than In Making One's Self Equal With The Good.

Genius Is Fostered By Industry.

Any Man May Make A Mistake; None But A Fool Will Stick To It. Second Thoughts Are Best As The Proverb Says. [lat., Cujusvis Hominis Est Errare; Nullius, Nisi Insipientis, In Errore Perseverae. Posteriores Enim Cogitationes (ut Aiunt) Sapientiores Solent Esse.]

A Man's Own Manner And Character Is What Most Becomes Him.

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.

It Is Better To Receive Than To Do Injury.

A Man Would Have No Pleasures In Discovering All The Beauties Of The Universe, Even In Heaven Itself, Unless He Had A Partner To Whom He Might Communicate His Joys.

Let War Yield To Peace, Laurels To Paeans.

The Celestial Order And The Beauty Of The Universe Compel Me To Admit That There Is Some Excellent And Eternal Being, Who Deserves The Respect And Homage Of Men

Nature Ordains That A Man Should Wish The Good Of Every Man, Whoever He May Be, For This Very Reason That He Is A Man.

Nature Has Circumscribed The Field Of Life Within Small Dimensions, But Has Left The Field Of Glory Unmeasured.

Death Darkens His Eyes, And Unplumes His Wings, Yet The Sweetest Song Is The Last He Sings: Live So, My Love, That When Death Shall Come, Swan-like And Sweet It May Waft Thee Home.

Thrift Is Of Great Revenue.

Every Word That Is Unnecessary Only Pours Over The Side Of A Brimming Mind.

Anyone May Fairly Seek His Own Advantage, But No One Has A Right To Do So At Another's Expense.

Civilized People Are Taught By Logic, Barbarians, By Necessity, Communities By Tradition; And The Lesson Inculcated Even In Wild Beasts By Nature Itself. They Learn That They Have To Defend Their Own Bodies And Persons Lives From Violence Of Any And Every Kind By All Means Within Their Power.

If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written A Shorter Letter.

It Is A Shameful Thing To Be Weary Of Inquiry When What We Search For Is Excellent.

I Do Not Wish To Die: But I Care Not If I Were Dead. [lat., Emori Nolo: Sed Me Esse Mortuum Nihil Aestimo.]

Politicians Are Not Born; They Are Excreted.

Whatever Is Graceful Is Virtuous, And Whatever Is Virtuous Is Graceful.

There Are More Men Ennobled By Study Than By Nature.

Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully.

The Remembrance Of Past Misery Is Sweet.

I Will Adhere To The Counsels Of Good Men, Although Misfortune And Death Should Be The Consequence.

No One Dances Sober, Unless He Is Insane.

Before Beginning, Plan Carefully.

Friendship Makes Prosperity More Brilliant, And Lightens Adversity By Dividing And Sharing It.

Not To Be Avaricious Is Money; Not To Be Fond Of Buying Is A Revenue; But To Be Content With Our Own Is The Greatest And Most Certain Wealth Of All.

If Our Lives Are Endangered By Plots Or Violence Or Armed Robbers Or Enemies, Any And Every Method Of Protecting Ourselves Is Morally Right.

A Thankful Heart Is Not Only The Greatest Virtue, But The Parent Of All The Other Virtues. [lat., Gratus Animus Est Una Virtus Non Solum Maxima, Sed Etiam Mater Virtutum Onmium Reliquarum.]

Falsehoods Border On Truths.

That Last Day Does Not Bring Extinction To Us, But Change Of Place.

Our Generosity Never Should Exceed Our Abilities.

There Is No More Sure Tie Between Friends Than When They Are United In Their Objects And Wishes.

Friendship Embraces Innumerable Ends; Turn Where You Will It Is Ever At Your Side; No Barrier Shuts It Out; It Is Never Untimely And Never In The Way.

Every Man Should Bear His Own Grievances Rather Than Detract From The Comforts Of Another.

Friendship Is Given Us By Nature, Not To Favor Vice, But To Aid Virtue.

Though Laughter Is Allowable, A Horse-laugh Is Abominable.

They Who Say That We Should Love Our Fellow-citizens But Not Foreigners, Destroy The Universal Brotherhood Of Mankind, With Which Benevolence And Justice Would Perish Forever.

Advice Is Judged By Results, Not By Intentions.

Dissimulation Creeps Gradually Into The Minds Of Men.

The Illustrious And Noble Ought To Place Before Them Certain Rules And Regulations, Not Less For Their Hours Of Leisure And Relaxation Than For Those Of Business.

Rules And Regulations

Because All The Sick Do Not Recover, Therefore Medicine Is Not An Art.

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.

To Disregard What The World Thinks Of Us Is Not Only Arrogant But Utterly Shameless. [lat., Negligere Quid De Se Quisque Sentiat, Non Solum Arrogantis Est, Sed Etiam Omnino Dissoluti.]

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