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"You 'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow."
Lines written for a School Declamation.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight."
De Oratore. 78.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events."
De Divinatione. i. 118.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He is never less at leisure than when at leisure."
De Officiis. iii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"While the sick man has life there is hope."
Epistolarum ad Atticum. ix. 10, 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Cicero called Aristotle a river of flowing gold, and said of Plato's Dialogues, that if Jupiter were to speak, it would be in language like theirs."
Life of Cicero.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse."
Roman Apophthegms. Cicero.
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"After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.""
Roman Apophthegms. Cicero.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain