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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
Orator Ad M. Brutum (-46)
Diseases of the mind are more common and more pernicious than diseases of the body.
Tusculanae Disputationes – Tusculan Disputations (-45)
That which is most excellent, and is most to be desired by all happy, honest and healthy-minded men, is dignified leisure.
For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.
Tusculanae Disputationes – Tusculan Disputations (-45)
There is nothing so absurd that it has not been said by some philosopher.
De Divinatione – On Divination (-44)
Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
Laelius De Amicitia – Laelius On Friendship (-44)
We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.
De Divinatione – On Divination (-44)
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
His deeds do not agree with his words.
Of evils one should choose the least.
As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world;" for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.
Unravelling the web of Penelope.
For your altars and your fires.
Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.
A man of courage is also full of faith.
Probability is the very guide of life.
Indeed rhetoricians are permitted to lie about historical matters so they can speak more subtly.
For friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Laelius De Amicitia – Laelius On Friendship (-44)