Cicero Phrases – Part IV

Published by Editor 4 de December de 2013

 

Wisdom, Conscience

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, one must employ it.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

We all make mistakes, but only fools insist on error.

No one believes in a liar, even when he tells the truth.

Every brief suffering is obligatorily bearable, even if intense.

I am never in better company than when I am alone.

Hunger is the best seasoning for all foods.

The habit of tolerating everything can be the cause of many mistakes and innumerous dangers.

Prudence means knowing how to distinguish the desirable from what is advisable to avoid.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

Children correct themselves with utmost ease.

Men are like wine: age sours the bad and improves the good.

I am in the depths of me. In the depths of me I am bottomless.

Nothing is perfect when looked at closely.

Silence is often an eloquent affirmation.

The greater the difficulties, greater is the satisfaction of victory.

Thoughts are free.

In prosperity, when the current of life runs together with our wishes, we diligently avoid all pride, haughtiness, and arrogance.

For he who aspires to get into first place, it is not indecorous to land in second or third.

Come in and see

But take off your shoes when you enter

Careful, for I have moved around

Some certainties.

 

My own conscience has more weight to me than the entire world’s opinion.

To publicly admit a mistake is the only chance for he who has crossed the line.

Every man is afflicted by his own crimes.

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