Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes From Marcus Tullius Cicero Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. Marcus Tullius Cicero agriculture tree littles Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good. Marcus Tullius Cicero should The false is nothing but an imitation of the true. Marcus Tullius Cicero imitation He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself. Marcus Tullius Cicero criticism judging wish I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget. Marcus Tullius Cicero wish forget remember For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. Marcus Tullius Cicero civil-war war peace The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence. Marcus Tullius Cicero malevolence judgment envy Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own. Marcus Tullius Cicero failing disorder men Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophical errors men Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. Marcus Tullius Cicero friend-enemy enemy fall The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions? Marcus Tullius Cicero law tree men Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches. Marcus Tullius Cicero learning age men The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. Marcus Tullius Cicero agriculture fruit tree It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene. Marcus Tullius Cicero expression relaxation men It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good. Marcus Tullius Cicero grief knows happens I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation. Marcus Tullius Cicero garden meditation giving I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet. Marcus Tullius Cicero prophecy prophet In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophical health mind Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion. Marcus Tullius Cicero opinion sorrow grief Friends are proved by adversity. Marcus Tullius Cicero friends adversity friendship
