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Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.] - De Finibus (V, 11, 3) [Nature] Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind. [Lat., Accedit etiam mors, quae quasi saxum Tantalo semper impendit: tum superstitio, qua qui est imbutus quietus esse numquam potest.] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (I) [Superstition] Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed. [Lat., Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum maxime hominum vita vexatur.] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (I, 13) [Ignorance] Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening? [Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (II, 228) [Change] I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst. [Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem, potionis sitim.] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (II, 28) [Hunger] It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria. - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (II, 32) [Labor] The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. [Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (V, 19) [Mind] The beginnings of all things are small. [Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (V, 21) [Beginnings] Habit is, as it were, a second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.] - De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (V, 25) [Habit] An ancient custom obtains force of nature. [Lat., Vetus consuetudo naturae vim obtinet.] - De Inventione [Custom] Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.] - De Legibus (bk. III, 20) [Punishment] Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.] - De Legibus (I, 15) [Justice] Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se igitur expetitur.] - De Legibus (I, 18) [Justice] Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.] - De Legibus (II, 10) [Wickedness] Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it. [Lat., Nam non solum scire aliquid, artis est, sed quaedam ars etiam docendi.] - De Legibus (II, 19) [Knowledge] I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.] - De Legibus (III, 15) [Elections : Politics] He used to raise a storm in a teapot. [Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.] - De Legibus (III, 16) [Storms] He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander. [Lat., Qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet dignus esse.] - De Legibus (III, 2) [Obedience] Probability is the very guide of life. - De Natura Deorum (5, 12) [Probability] By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.] - De Natura Deorum (bk. I, 24) [Circumstance] The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.] - De Natura Deorum (bk. II, 56) [Eyes] We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.] - De Natura Deorum (I, 20) [Happiness] There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him. [Lat., Superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor Dei; religio, quae dei pio cultu continetur.] - De Natura Deorum (I, 42) [Superstition] He himself has said it. [Lat., Ipse dixit.] - quoted by De Natura Deorum (I, 5, 10), as the unreasoning answer given by Pythagoras [Speech] Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality. [Lat., Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturae judicia confirmat.] - De Natura Deorum (II, 2) [Time] Displaying page 13 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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