Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

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...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

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...

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...