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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Age Quotes

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

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.

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...

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

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 in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

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...

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.