Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

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

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].