Roman - Statesman | 106 BC - 43 BC
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
ConfidenceHopeGreatTrustMind
Before beginning, plan carefully.
BeginningPlanBeforeCarefully
The sinews of war are infinite money.
MoneyWarInfiniteSinews
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
NatureLawInjuriesBecomeFair
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
ManOthersHimHarderInferiority
Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
GodNothingNextEverything
Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
FriendshipLoveBeautyLove IsForm
True nobility is exempt from fear.
FearTrueNobilityExempt
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
ManBetterDesireGloryMorePraise
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
ReachYouPlaceRankHonorableEven
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
ManGenerationMoreRisingValuable
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
PowerRuleRepublicMajorityShould
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