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| Marcus Tullius Cicero
A friend is, as it were, a second self. A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.An unjust peace is better than a just war. As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible. In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. Never injure a friend, even in jest. Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? People do not understand what a great revenue economy is. So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others. The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money. This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. To stumble twice against the same stone is a
proverbial disgrace.Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue. We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. |
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