Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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...

The sinews of war are infinite money.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

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...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play...

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play...