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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.] - Epistles (IV, 5) [Grief] There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. [Lat., Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.] - Epistles (IV, 8) [Home] All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.] - Epistles (IX, 22) [Folly] There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. [Lat., Nihil est aptius delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines.] - Epistles (V, 12) [Change] The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.] - Epistles (V, 4) [Misfortune] The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.] - Epistles (VI, 3) [Misery] To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace. [Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa proverbio est.] - Epistles (X, 20) [Folly] To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.] - Epistles (XI, 3) [Freedom] No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse.] - Epistoloe ad Atticum (bk. XVI, 8) [Consistency] To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.] - Epistoloe ad Atticum (IX, 10) [Hope : Proverbs] Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.] - Epistoloe ad Atticum (X, 12a, sec. III) [Enemies] To-morrow will give some food for thought. [Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.] - Epistoloe Ad Atticum (XV, 8) [Tomorrow] No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.] - Epistoloe ad Atticum (XVI, 7, 3) [Change] Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.] [Lat., Ea molestissime ferre homines debent quae ipsorum culpa ferenda sunt.] - Epistoloe ad Fratrem (I, 1) [Faults] The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur.] - Epistoloe Ad Fratrem (I, 1) [Virtue] It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity. [Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere, velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.] - Gratio Pro Lucio Cornelio Balbo (VI) [Virtue] When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.] - In Catilinam (1, 8) [Silence] Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?] - In Catilinam (I, 4) [Gods] There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. [Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut possit aut conetur rumpere.] - In Verrem (II, 1, 16) [Honor] Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. [Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.] - In Verrem (II, 3, 2) [Honesty] For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate." - On the Laws (bk. III, I) [Law] The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.] - Oratio De Provinciis Consularibus (XI) [Mind] The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. [Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes.] - Oratio Pro Animo Milone (XVI) [Hope] The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.] - Oratio Pro Annio Milone (IV) [War] There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes. [Lat., Neque est ullum certius amicitiae vinculum, quam consensus et societas consiliorum et voluntatum.,] - Oratio Pro Cnoeo Plancio (II) [Unity] Displaying page 16 of 19 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [16] 17 18 19
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