Maxioms by Cicero (marcus Tullius Cicero)
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad read more
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
[Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
[Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,
so I am no read more
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.
Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the
same time.
[Lat., Pereant amici, dum una read more
Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the
same time.
[Lat., Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant.]
The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]
The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]
