Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

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

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

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.