Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from the gratification of the senses, a most blessed and heavenly effect, truly, if it eases us of what in youth was the sorest plague of…

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Elderly Quotes, Living Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

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...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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,...

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands...

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands...

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

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

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

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

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.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

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

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

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.