A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]
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Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour.
[Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis
Cautum est in horas.]
Beware of the man of one book.
[Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]
One has no protecting power save prudence.
[Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.]
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
[Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;
Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]
It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man."
[Lat., At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est.]
The deeds of men never escape the gods.
[Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]
Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
[Lat., Nunquam aliud Natura aliud Sapientia dicit.]
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent.
[Lat., Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget.]
To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
[Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
Our country is wherever we are well off.
[Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]
An honest man is always a child.
[Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]
No man has perpetual good fortune.
[Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]
This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler.
[Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est,
Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]
If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
[Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]
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