What did Marcus Tullius Cicero mean by: No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven. Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy Copy
The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Mortality, Philosophy, Reflection, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war). Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Conflict, Law, Silence, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.] Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Reason, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Consideration, Promise, Thought, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Life, Nature, Time, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Investigation, Study, Truth, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Confession, Ignorance, Knowledge, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition! Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Acceptance, Perspective, Reflection, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
