The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.
Marcus Tullius CiceroPersistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
Marcus Tullius CiceroThou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.
Marcus Tullius Cicero