Cicero De Amicitia Quotes & Sayings

In the face of a true friend a man sees, as it were, a second self. - CICERO, De Amicitia I — Anne Fortier

On, I don't think I'm a genius!' cried Josie, growing calm and sober as she listened to the melodious voice and looked into the expressive face that filled her with confidence, so strong, sincere and kindly was it. 'I only want to find out if I have talent enough to go on, and after years of study be able to act well in any of the good plays people never tire of seeing. I don't expected to be a Mrs. Siddons or a Miss Cameron, much as I long to be; but it does seem as if I had something in me which can't come out in any way but this. When I act I'm perfectly happy. I seem to live, to be in my own world, and each new part is a new friend. I love Shakespeare, and am never tired of his splendid people. Of course I don't understand it all; but it's like being alone at night with the mountains and the stars, solemn and grand, and I try to imagine how it will look when the sun comes up, and all is glorious and clear to me. I can't see, but I feel the beauty, and long to express it. — Louisa May Alcott

Live each and every day to the best you can, hug your children and tell them you love them.
A day may come when they're no longer there to tell you that they hate you. — Anonymous

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. — John Muir

I just love acting. Being in theater or being in television or film, I'm really living out my destiny. — Sufe Bradshaw

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream. — James Sinegal

We admire Chaucer for his sturdy English wit ... But though it is full of good sense and humanity, it is not transcendent poetry.For picturesque description of persons it is, perhaps, without a parallel in English poetry; yet it is essentially humorous, as the loftiest genius never is. — Henry David Thoreau

Those long remembered can alone claim to be long forgotten. — Djuna Barnes

Sin will pluck on sin. — William Shakespeare

What I wanted was the tiniest thing in the world: to be like everyone else. — Philip Roth