Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Gifts Quotes, Nations Quotes

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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...

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in...

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in...

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...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you...

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you...

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his...

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his...

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.