Occupation: Philosopher
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war..
Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud….
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..
Dogs wait for us faithfully..
A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state..
No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty..
To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning..
History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life.
Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants….
Time is the herald of truth..
What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law..
It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable..
Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable..
Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you..
Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must lament the loss ….
Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city..
Religion is the pious worship of God..
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace..
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned..
The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they exercise through th….
Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one..