Occupation: Politician Birth: 86 Bc Death: 35 Bc
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre..
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty..
One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to wish to teach the whole truth about t….
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master..
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old..
Enough words, little wisdom. [Lat., Satis eloquentiae sapientiae parum.].
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one..
There were few who preferred honor to money..
Each man the architect of his own fate..
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful..
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths….
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests..
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave..
Necessity makes even the timid brave..
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord..
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay..
No grief reaches the dead..
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour..
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate..
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer..