Escritas - Cicero

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a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)

Poems List

Total de poemas: 126 • Página 8 de 13

Nature herself makes the wise

Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

Never go to excess, but

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

If you aspire to the

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

Freedom is a possession of

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

In so far as the

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

He only employs his passion

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

I will go further, and

I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

He removes the greatest ornament

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.

It is a true saying

It is a true saying that One falsehood leads easily to another.

It is a great thing

It is a great thing to know our vices.