Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With His Treatises on Friendship and Old AgeP. F. Collier, 1909 - 438 pages |
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... fortune which had attended him and the glory he had obtained , was so circumstanced that it could not be bettered , while the suddenness of his death saved him the sensation of dying . As to the manner of his death it is difficult to ...
... fortune which had attended him and the glory he had obtained , was so circumstanced that it could not be bettered , while the suddenness of his death saved him the sensation of dying . As to the manner of his death it is difficult to ...
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... fortune . Then there are those who find the " chief good " in virtue . Well , that is a noble doctrine . But the very virtue they talk of is the parent and preserver of friendship , and without it friendship can- not possibly exist ...
... fortune . Then there are those who find the " chief good " in virtue . Well , that is a noble doctrine . But the very virtue they talk of is the parent and preserver of friendship , and without it friendship can- not possibly exist ...
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... fortune , contracts at his misfortunes . We conclude then that mental pain which we must often encounter on a friend's account is not of sufficient conse- quence to banish friendship from our life , any more than it is true that the ...
... fortune , contracts at his misfortunes . We conclude then that mental pain which we must often encounter on a friend's account is not of sufficient conse- quence to banish friendship from our life , any more than it is true that the ...
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... Fortune blind herself ; but she generally makes those blind also who enjoy her favours . They are carried , so to speak , beyond themselves with self- conceit and self - will ; nor can anything be more perfectly intolerable than a ...
... Fortune blind herself ; but she generally makes those blind also who enjoy her favours . They are carried , so to speak , beyond themselves with self- conceit and self - will ; nor can anything be more perfectly intolerable than a ...
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... fortune , do prove per- manent , life can never be anything but joyless which is without the consolations and companionship of friends . 16. To turn to another branch of our subject . We must now endeavour to ascertain what limits are ...
... fortune , do prove per- manent , life can never be anything but joyless which is without the consolations and companionship of friends . 16. To turn to another branch of our subject . We must now endeavour to ascertain what limits are ...
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Page 271 - I might easily do : as for herself, she said, her age and corpulency rendered all attempts of that sort impossible. However she would willingly meet death, if she could have the satisfaction of seeing that she was not the occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and taking her by the hand, I led her on : she complied with great reluctance, and not without many reproaches to herself for retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity.
Page 268 - Vesuvius flamed out in several places with much violence, which the darkness of the night contributed to render still more visible and dreadful. But my uncle in order to soothe the...
Page 271 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large ftones.
Page 266 - I am well assured will be rendered for ever illustrious. And notwithstanding he perished by a misfortune, which, as it involved at the same time a most beautiful country in ruins, and destroyed so many populous cities, seems to promise him an everlasting remembrance ; notwithstanding he has himself composed many and lasting works ; yet I am persuaded the mentioning of him in your immortal writings will greatly contribute to eternize his name.
Page 271 - Though it was now morning, the light was exceedingly faint and languid ; the buildings all around us tottered, and though we stood upon open...
Page 384 - I am unacquainted not only with the nature of their crimes, or the measure of their punishment, but how far it is proper to enter into an examination concerning them. Whether therefore any difference is usually made with respect to the ages of the guilty, or no distinction is to be observed between the young and the adult; whether...
Page 218 - ... this was his constant method, whatever book he read, for it was a maxim of his, ' that no book was so bad, but something might be learned from it.
Page 272 - Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world...
Page 270 - The letter which, in compliance with your request, I wrote to you concerning the death of my uncle, has raised, it seems, your curiosity to know what terrors and dangers attended me while I continued at Misenum ; for there, I think, the account in my former broke off. 'Though my shock'd soul recoils, my tongue shall tell.
Page 385 - God ; binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery ; never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up ; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble, to eat in common a harmless meal.