Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Age Quotes

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...

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

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

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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

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

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

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

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

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...

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.

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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

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

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

One of the consequences of such notions as entitlements is that people who have contributed...

One of the consequences of such notions as entitlements is that people who have contributed...