The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Age Quotes

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

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

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

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

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...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

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...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

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.