"The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

🦉 Wisdom

“The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”

Cicero contrasts the brevity of life with the permanence of a good legacy.

“Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Life is nothing without friendship”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of being some day a commander.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero