Officiis Quotations
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CiceroVariant translation: To be ignorant of the past is to forever be a child. De Officiis - On Duties (44 B.C.) Summum ius, summa iniuria. Law applied to its extreme is the ...
Ambrose
De officiis ministrorum ("On the Offices of Ministers" or, "On the Duties of the Clergy"), Book I, ch. 48. In, The Eucharist in the West: History and Theology, Edward J ...
Prosperity
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 26. Ut adversas res, secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est. It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with ...
Kindness
Cicero, De Officiis (44 CE), II. 14. He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing the fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why why this Doctor, who ...
Ancestors
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), CXXXIX. I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar. William Congreve, Love for Love, Act II, scene 1.
Justice
Cicero, De Officiis (44 BC), I. 10. Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla. Justice does not descend from its pinnacle. Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio (1321), VI.
Chrysippus
As quoted in De Officiis by Cicero, iii. 10. If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy. As quoted by Diogenes Laertius, vii. 182.
Bravery
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 2. It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity.
War
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I, 11. Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi. An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home.
Evil
Matthew Prior, "Imitation of Horace", a reference to E duobus malis, minimum eligendum, Cicero, De Officiis; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal ...
Honor
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 13. Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut possit aut conetur rumpere. There is no praise in being upright, where no one ...
Latin proverbs
Summum ius summa inuria. Translation: "More law, less justice." (Cicero, De officiis I, 10, 33) Sunt facta verbis difficiliora. Translation: "Works are harder than words."
Solitude
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), Book III, Chapter I. Also in Rep. I. 17. 27. A saying of Scipio Africanus, as quoted by Cato. Also attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
Change
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), II. 1. Nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines. There is nothing better fitted to ...
Peace
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 22. Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior videbatur. For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more ...
Religion
Cicero, De Officiis. II. 3. Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione quidem violari fas fuit. Things sacred should not only be untouched with the hands, but ...
Beginnings
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 21. La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coute. The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
Guilt
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), III. 8. Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
Law
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), III. 17. For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said ...
Pleasure
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 29. Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est. In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Punishment
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 23. Hail, hieroglyphic State machine, Contrived to punish fancy in; Men that are men in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificance ...
Oaths
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), III. 29. They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain; And e'en when sober truth prevails throughout,
Marriage
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 17. Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure, Marry'd in haste, we may repent at leisure. William Congreve, The Old Bachelor, Act ...
Prudence
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), I. 43. Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam. I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. Cicero, De Oratore, III.
Reputation
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), 1. 28. No book was ever written down by any but itself. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Spiritual Laws. Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.
Youth
Cicero, De Officiis (44 B.C.), II. 13. Jugend ist Trunkenheit ohne Wein. Youth is intoxication without wine. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-ostlicher Diwan - Saki Nameh ...
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