Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Brevity Quotes

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

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

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

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...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

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.

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...

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...

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.