Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) ( 10 of 163 )
Justice renders to every one his due.
[Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]
Justice renders to every one his due.
[Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a
revenue; but to be content read more
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a
revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most
certain wealth of all.
[Lat., Non esse cupidum, pecunia est; non esse emacem, vectigal
est; contentum vero suis rebus esse, maximae sunt, certissimaeque
divitiae.]
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent
of all the other virtues.
[Lat., read more
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent
of all the other virtues.
[Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam
mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but
utterly shameless.
[Lat., Negligere quid read more
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but
utterly shameless.
[Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis
est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a
valuable and lasting authority.
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a
valuable and lasting authority.
From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]
From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii read more
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit
esse.]
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the read more
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the opposite.
[Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari
bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]
At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.
At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.