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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Age Quotes

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

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

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

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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...

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...

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...

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

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...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

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

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

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...