Nay, if some god should grant me to renew my childhood from my present age and once more to be crying in my cradle, I would firmly refuse; nor should I in truth be willing, after having, as it were, run the full course, to be recalled from the winning--crease to the barriers.
In a philosophical reflection on life, Cicero emphatically states his refusal to relive his childhood, having completed his life's course.
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He was wrong; for deceit does not remove the guilt of perjury--it merely aggravates it. #The ancient Roman discipline.# His cunning that impudently tried to masquerade as prudence was, therefore, only folly.
Moreover, all our thought and mental activity will be devoted either to planning for things that are morally right and that conduce to a good and happy life, or to the pursuits of science and learning.
From this attitude come greatness of soul and a sense of superiority to worldly conditions.
For there are men who for fear of giving offence do not dare to express their honest opinion, no matter how excellent.
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