O Tempora! O Mores! The classic lament over the state of current politics and society: 'O what times! What morals!' |
Persistence in Error A classic observation on human folly: 'Anyone may make an error; only a fool will persist in it.' |
Wise Counsel A timeless truth: 'For arms are of little value in the field unless there is wise counsel at home.' |
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Glib Folly The greatest master of Latin eloquence wrote, 'For my part, I should prefer tongue-tied wisdom to glib folly.'' |
Forever a Child A classic comment on the need for a sense of history: 'But not to know what happened before you were born - that is to be forever a child.' |
Absurd Philosophy Cicero dabbled in philosophy, but skeptically, writing: 'Nothing that can be said is so absurd that some philosopher hasn't said it.' |
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Last Resort Deity From Cicero's treatise 'On the Nature of the Gods': 'But all such phenomena must be accounted for, and when you can't manage this, you appeal to a Deity as a last resort.' Text in Latin and English. |







