Marcus Tullius Cicero ( 10 of 41 )
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at read more
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Life is nothing without friendship.
Life is nothing without friendship.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
A home without books is a body without soul.
A home without books is a body without soul.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less read more
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.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
