What did Marcus Tullius Cicero mean by: The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy Copy
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Altruism, Morality, Satisfaction, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.] Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Equality, Justice, Punishment, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Altruism, Community, Connection, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Adherence, Consequences, Goodness, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Communication, Knowledge, Understanding, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Character, Duty, Fulfillment, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Clutter, Overflow, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Morality, Time, Value, 0 Marcus Tullius Cicero Lawyer and statesman · Italy
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
