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Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art. [Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natura quam illa quae arte perfecta sunt.] - De Natura Deorum (II, 34) [Nature] Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art. [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla medicina est.] - De Natura Deorum (II, 4) [Medicine] No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.] - De Natura Deorum (II, 66) [Greatness] Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.] - De Natura Deorum (III, 15) [Justice] To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.] - De Officiis (1, 28) [Reputation] Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.] - De Officiis (bk. III, 1) [Evil] That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that he was ever less alone than when alone. [Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus solum quam cum solus esset.] - De Officiis (bk. III, ch. I) [Solitude] It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one." [Lat., Odiosum est enim, cum a praetereuntibus dicatur:--O domus antiqua, heu, quam dispari dominare domino.] - De Officiis (CXXXIX) [Ancestry] Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.] - De Officiis (I, 10) [Justice] The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. [Lat., Fundamenta justitiae sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut communi utilitati serviatur.] - De Officiis (I, 10) [Justice] Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation. [Lat., Bella suscipienda sunt ob eam causam, ut sine injuria in pace vivatur.] - De Officiis (I, 11) [War] In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought. [Lat., Semper in fide quid senseris, non quid dixeris, cogitandum.] - De Officiis (I, 13) [Honor] The first bond of society is marriage; the next, our children; then the whole family and all things in common. [Lat., Prima societas in ipso conjugio est: proxima in liberis; deinde una domus, communia omnia.] - De Officiis (I, 17) [Matrimony] He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men. [Lat., Qui ex errore imperitae multitudinis pendet, hic in magnis viris non est habendus.] - De Officiis (I, 19) [Public] No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.] - De Officiis (I, 2) [Bravery] In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est praeparatio diligens.] - De Officiis (I, 21) [Beginnings] An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.] - De Officiis (I, 22) [War] War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.] - De Officiis (I, 22) [Peace] Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.] - De Officiis (I, 23) [Punishment] 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, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.] - De Officiis (I, 23) [War] In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus.] - De Officiis (I, 26) [Prosperity] It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. [Lat., Ut adversas res, secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est.] - De Officiis (I, 26) [Prosperity] In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality. [Lat., Ludendi etiam est quidam modus retinendus, ut ne nimis omnia profundamus, elatique voluptate in aliquam turpitudinem delabamur.] - De Officiis (I, 29) [Pleasure] Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned. - De Officiis (I, 43) [Prudence] Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. [Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.] - De Officiis (II, 1) [Change] Displaying page 14 of 19 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [14] 15 16 17 18 19
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