Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroRead
Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.
Interpretation
A person's reputation is heavily influenced by the behavior and character of their family.
This quote by Cicero emphasizes the idea that a person's reputation in society is largely shaped by the actions and morals of their household. It reflects the notion that family values and behaviors are often projected onto individuals, impacting how others perceive them. Therefore, the integrity and character of one's family can play a crucial role in establishing a person's standing in the community.
In practice
Addressing a gathering to discuss the importance of family values in shaping our character.
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless.
Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without sap, we are withered. Like coals without fire, we are useless. As an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted.
One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.
He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.
Strange a God who mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness, then invented hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none Himself; who frowns upon crimes yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon Himself; and finally with altogether divine obtuseness, invites this poor, abused slave to worship Him!
The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist, and a bad one at that, since he has given no thought to his position.
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