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• Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Cicero...
• 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....
• Life without learning is death. -- Cicero
• While the sick man has life there is hope.
  -- Cicero (106-43 BC) -- Epistolarum ad Atticum, ix, 10, 4...
• You speak truth," said Themistocles; "I should never have been famous if I had been of Seriphu
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• While there's life, there's hope. -- Cicero (43 BC)
• He said they that were serious in ridiculous matters would be ridiculous in serious affairs.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Roman Apophthegms, Cato the Elde...
• Eurybiades lifting up his staff as if he were going to strike, Themistocles said, "Strike, if you will
  but hear." -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good
  understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, "Either is both, and Both is neither....