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Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]
Topic: Tears
Source: Ad Herrenium (II, 31, 50)
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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in
errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt)
sapientiores solent esse.]
Topic: Thought
Source: Philippicoe (XII, 2)
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To-morrow will give some food for thought.
[Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.]
Topic: Tomorrow
Source: Epistoloe Ad Atticum (XV, 8)
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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.
[Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.]
Topic: Treason
Source: Orationes In Verrem (II, 1, 15)
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The memory of past troubles is pleasant.
[Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]
Topic: Trouble
Source: De Finibus (bk. II, 32)
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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
[Lat., Neque est ullum certius amicitiae vinculum, quam consensus
et societas consiliorum et voluntatum.,]
Topic: Unity
Source: Oratio Pro Cnoeo Plancio (II)
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That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and
imitation of virtue.
[Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium
impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque
virtutis.]
Topic: Virtue
Source: Academici (IV, 46)
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Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
Topic: Virtue
Source: Brutus (LXXXI)
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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]
Topic: Virtue
Source: De Amicitia (XXVI)
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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]
Topic: Virtue
Source: Epistoloe Ad Fratrem (I, 1)
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It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
[Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere,
velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]
Topic: Virtue
Source: Gratio Pro Lucio Cornelio Balbo (VI)
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In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
Topic: Virtue
Source: Oratio Pro Cnoeo Plancio (XXV)
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and
moderation and reason.
Topic: Virtue
Source: Rhetorical Invention (bk. II, sc. LIII)
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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.]
Topic: Wealth
Source: Paradoxa (6, 3)
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I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help
humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker.
The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that
can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to
selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M
anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags
of Carnegie?
Topic: Wealth
Source: Paradoxa (6, 3)
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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis
elui potest.]
Topic: Wickedness
Source: De Legibus (II, 10)
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Unraveling the web of Penelope.
[Lat., Penelopae telam retexens.]
Topic: Work
Source: Acad. Quoest. (bk. IV, 29, 95)
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,
so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the
youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can
never be so in mind.
Topic: Youth
Source: Cato; or, An Essay on Old Age
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The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then
dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
[Lat., Prima commendiato proficiscitur a modestia tum pietate in
parentes, tum in suos benevolentia.]
Topic: Youth
Source: De Officiis (II, 13)
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