A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
[Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]
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I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
We accomplish more by prudence than by force.
[Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it.
[Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]
It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace.
[Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.]
Let a man practise the profession he best knows.
[Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]
It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
[Lat., Posteraque in dubio est fortunam quam vehat aetas.]
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
[Lat., Nimis in veritate, et similitudinis quam pulchritudinis amantior.]
The law is silent during war.
[Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]
None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart.
[Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.]
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
[Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.]
[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty.
[Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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