The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

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...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

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

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

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...

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...

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...

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall...

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall...