When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Marcus Tullius CiceroThere are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.
Marcus Tullius Cicero