Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroRead
While there's life, there's hope.
Interpretation
As long as we are alive, there is always the possibility for positive change and new opportunities.
This quote emphasizes the intrinsic connection between life and hope, suggesting that hope is a constant presence as long as we have life. It conveys the idea that regardless of difficulties or challenges we face, as long as we are alive, we should hold onto hope for better outcomes and possibilities in the future.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage persistence in tough times.
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
Whatever your work and whatever its worth, No matter how strong or clever, Some one will sneer if you pause to hear, And scoff at your best endeavor. For the target art has a broad expanse, And wherever you chance to hit it, Though close be your aim to the bull's-eye fame, There are those who will never admit it.
When life is good and we have no problems, we can almost let ourselves believe we have no need for God. But in my experience, sometimes the richest blessings come through pain and hard things.
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
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