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

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Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

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...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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...

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

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

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.