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Nothing flourishes for ever; each generation gives place to its successor.

[Nihil enim semper floret; aetas succedit aetati.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 15 / sec. 39 (11.15/11.39) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1897)]

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Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 15 / sec. 39 (11.15/11.39) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1897)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

Nothing flourishes for ever; each generation gives place to its successor. [Nihil enim semper floret; aetas succedit aetati.] (Source (Latin)). Other translations: For there is nothing which flourishes for ever. Age succeeds age. [tr. Yonge (1903)] For nothing is for ever flourishing; age succeeds to age. [tr. Ker (Loeb) (1926)]

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 20

A quotation from Cicero

It is impossible, either in action or in thought, to attend to two things at once, especially if they are of any importance.

[Duas tamen res, magnas praesertim, non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 9 / sec. 23 (11.9/11.23) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1906)]

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Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 9 / sec. 23 (11.9/11.23) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1906)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

It is impossible, either in action or in thought, to attend to two things at once, especially if they are of any importance. [Duas tamen res, magnas praesertim, non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest.] (Source (Latin)). Other translations: But still no man can, I…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 6

A quotation from Cicero

So glorious is the recovery of liberty that in regaining liberty we must not shrink even from death.

[Ita praeclara est recuperatio libertatis ut ne mors quidem sit in repetenda libertate fugienda.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 10, ch. 9 / sec. 20 (10.9/10.20) (43-02 BC) [tr. Ker (Loeb) (1926)]

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Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 10, ch. 9 / sec. 20 (10.9/10.20) (43-02 BC) [tr. Ker (Loeb) (1926)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

So glorious is the recovery of liberty that in regaining liberty we must not shrink even from death. [Ita praeclara est recuperatio libertatis ut ne mors quidem sit in repetenda libertate fugienda.] (Source (Latin)). Other translations: The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 30

A quotation from Cicero

The life of the dead resides in the memory of the living

[Vita enim mortuorum in memoria est posita vivorum.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 9, ch. 5 / sec. 10 (9.5/9.10) (43-02-04 BC) [tr. Zetzel (2009)]

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 2

A quotation from Cicero

But I am particularly afraid that, ignorant of the true path to glory, you may consider that it is more glorious for you to have more power than everyone else together and prefer to be feared rather than be respected by your fellow-citizens.

[Illud magis vereor, ne ignorans verum iter gloriae gloriosum putes plus te unum posse quam omnes et metui a civibus tuis.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 1, ch. 14 / sec. 33 (1.14/1.33.9) (44-09-02 BC) [tr. McElduff (2011)]

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 25

A quotation from Cicero

What juster reason is there for the waging of war than to repel slavery? a condition in which, though your master may not be oppressive, yet it is a wretched thing he should have the power to be so if he will.

[Quae causa iustior est belli gerendi quam servitutis depulsio? in qua etiamsi not sit molestus dominus, tamen est miserrimum posse, se velit.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 8, ch. 4 / sec. 12 (8.4/8.12) (43-02-03 BC) [tr. Ker (Loeb) (1926)]

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 18, 2025

A quotation from Cicero

For heaven’s sake beware, lest in the hope of maintaining peace now, we lose the chance of a lasting peace hereafter.

[Cavete, per deos immortales! patres conscripti, ne spe praesentis pacis perpetuam pacem amittatis.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 7, ch. 8 / sec. 25 (7.8/7/25) (43-01 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1906)]

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