Quotes

“We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What is permissible is not always honorable.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.” Aesop

“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.” Aesop

“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.” Aesop

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop

“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.” Aesop

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” Aesop

“Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.” Aesop

“Please all, and you will please none.” Aesop

“United we stand, divided we fall.” Aesop

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.” Aesop

“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.” Aesop

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency” Aesop

“Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.” Aesop

“It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.” Aesop

“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.” Aesop

“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.” Aesop

“Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.” Aesop

“Appearances are often deceiving.” Aesop

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” Aesop

“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.” Aesop