Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroRead
We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
Interpretation
Wisdom should be both sought and appreciated in life.
This quote emphasizes the dual nature of wisdom; it is not enough to simply acquire knowledge and understanding, we must also find joy and fulfillment in that wisdom. It suggests that the experience of wisdom enriches our lives and should be celebrated, rather than regarded as a dry or purely intellectual pursuit.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a graduation speech to inspire graduates to not only seek knowledge but also to appreciate it.
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.
When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
There is no proof. There are no authorities whatever. No president, Academy, Court of Law, Congress or Senate on this earth has the knowledge or power to decide what will be the knowledge of tomorrow. There is no use in trying to prove something that is unknown to somebody who is ignorant of the unknown, or fearful of its threatening power. Only the good old rules of learning will eventually bring about understanding of what has invaded our earthly existence.
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers.
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