Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicerowas a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and was one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionStatesman
age age-and-aging arising blessed charged heavenly life plague pleasure youth
Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from the gratification of the senses, a most blessed and heavenly effect, truly, if it eases us of what in youth was the sorest plague of life
sensual youth
A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body.
age youth companion
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
time age youth
Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.
age doe youth
Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.
age body youth
An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.
education republic youth
"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"
birthday age youth
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
education republic youth
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]
parent youth modesty
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
age body youth
A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body.
fortune tests
The shifts of fortune tests the reliability of friends
experience injury knew running
The whole injury experience was so frustrating. I knew if I could get back I would never take running for granted,
born earlier events happened ignorant lifetime memory past stupidity unless woven
To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the memory of past events is woven with those of earlier times?