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There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in
the winde;
But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale
and woe;
The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the
same overthrowe.
- edited by John Payne Collier,
Topic: Friends
Source: De Finibus, (Yonge's translation)
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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas
partiens communicansque leviores.]
Topic: Friendship
Source: De Amicitia (VI)
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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]
Topic: Friendship
Source: De Amicitia (XIX)
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Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
Topic: Future
Source: De Divinatione (I, 52)
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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
[Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]
Topic: Glory
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (I, 45)
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Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?
[Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]
Topic: Gods
Source: In Catilinam (I, 4)
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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.]
Topic: Goodness
Source: De Amicitia (XIII)
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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
Topic: Goodness
Source: Oratio Pro Quinto Ligario (XII)
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What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]
Topic: Goodness
Source: Oratio Pro Sextio Roscio Amerino (XXX), quoted from Lucius Cassius' "Second Philippic"
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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.]
Topic: Gratitude
Source: Oratio Pro Cnoeo Plancio (XXXIII)
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No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
Topic: Greatness
Source: De Natura Deorum (II, 66)
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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
[Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac
molliat.]
Topic: Grief
Source: Epistles (IV, 5)
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Were floods of tears to be unloosed
In tribute to my grief,
The doves of Noah ne'er had roost
Nor found an olive-leaf.
Topic: Grief
Source: Epistles (IV, 5)
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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be
not committed.
[Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non
pervererint.]
Topic: Guilt
Source: De Officiis (III, 8)
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Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]
Topic: Habit
Source: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (V, 25)
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It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief
could be assuaged by baldness.
[Lat., Stultum est in luctu capillum sibi evellere, quasi calvito
maeror levaretur.]
Topic: Hair
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (III, 26)
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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
[Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]
Topic: Happiness
Source: De Natura Deorum (I, 20)
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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.]
Topic: Health
Source: Pro Ligario (XII)
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From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]
Topic: Hell
Source: Tusc. Quoest. (bk. I, 43, 104), quoted as a saying of Anaxagoras
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Hell is paved with good intentions.
Topic: Hell
Source: Tusc. Quoest. (bk. I, 43, 104), quoted as a saying of Anaxagoras
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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside.
[Lat., Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.]
Topic: Home
Source: Epistles (IV, 8)
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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not
what you said or thought.
[Lat., Semper in fide quid senseris, non quid dixeris,
cogitandum.]
Topic: Honor
Source: De Officiis (I, 13)
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There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut
possit aut conetur rumpere.]
Topic: Honor
Source: In Verrem (II, 1, 16)
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To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
[Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
Topic: Hope
Source: Epistoloe ad Atticum (IX, 10)
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The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
[Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes.]
Topic: Hope
Source: Oratio Pro Animo Milone (XVI)
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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem,
potionis sitim.]
Topic: Hunger
Source: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (II, 28)
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In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
Topic: Ignorance
Source: De Divinatione (II, 22)
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Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of
men is greatly perplexed.
[Lat., Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum maxime hominum vita
vexatur.]
Topic: Ignorance
Source: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (I, 13)
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]
Topic: Ignorance
Source: Tusc. Quoest. (I, 25, 60)
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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of
immortality.
[Lat., Nemo unquam sine magna spe immortalitatatis se pro patria
offerret ad mortem.]
Topic: Immortality
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (I, 15)
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It is better to receive than to do an injury.
[Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]
Topic: Injury
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (V, 19)
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A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old
age.
[Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentia effoetum
corpus tradit senectuti.]
Topic: Intemperance
Source: De Senectute (IX)
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Justice renders to every one his due.
[Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]
Topic: Justice
Source: De Legibus (I, 15)
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Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]
Topic: Justice
Source: De Legibus (I, 18)
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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
[Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse
servandam.]
Topic: Justice
Source: De Natura Deorum (III, 15)
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Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
[Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]
Topic: Justice
Source: De Officiis (I, 10)
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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
[Lat., Fundamenta justitiae sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut
communi utilitati serviatur.]
Topic: Justice
Source: De Officiis (I, 10)
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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a
kind manner and gentle speech.
[Lat., Sed tamen difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliat animos
hominum comitas affabilitasque sermonis.]
Topic: Kindness
Source: De Officiis (II, 14)
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Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain
art in teaching it.
[Lat., Nam non solum scire aliquid, artis est, sed quaedam ars
etiam docendi.]
Topic: Knowledge
Source: De Legibus (II, 19)
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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past
labors is pleasant."
[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male
Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc
versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
Topic: Labor
Source: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (II, 32)
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Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Topic: Learning
Source: adapted from "Acad. Quaest.", 4, 41
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Our country is wherever we are well off.
[Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]
Topic: Love of Country
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (V, 37), quoting Pacuvius
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not
to trust himself on the narrow edge.
[Lat., Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum
non debeat se sapiens committere.]
Topic: Lying
Source: Academici (IV, 21)
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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
[Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus.]
Topic: Lying
Source: De Divinatione (II, 71)
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Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an
art.
[Lat., Aegri quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla
medicina est.]
Topic: Medicine
Source: De Natura Deorum (II, 4)
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
[Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.]
Topic: Memory
Source: De Oratore (I, 5)
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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
[Lat., Vita enim mortuorum in memoria vivorum est posita.]
Topic: Memory
Source: Philippicoe (IX, 5)
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The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]
Topic: Mind
Source: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (V, 19)
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The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
Topic: Mind
Source: Oratio De Provinciis Consularibus (XI)
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The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those
of the body.
[Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]
Topic: Mind
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (III, 3)
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