Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.

To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything.

I fear that many a man's good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

Fame is a fickle thing that only lasts as long as you can be out there offering yourself to the public. And as soon as you relax for five minutes, they're gone, you know, and they're following somebody else.

No lie ever reaches old age.

Most politicians are not authentic.

I think the only way to achieve something that's classic is to be in the moment. You don't sit around and think, 'Oh, I hope this is remembered forever!' You just have to be honest, and I think that requires being in the moment.

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of time. I don't think acting stands the test of time, but it can capture the mood of the moment, which is in itself very exciting, but it rarely lasts.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.

Often, the people who speak loudest about republican values are the least when it comes to honouring them.

I didn't want to be one of these superstars that just come and then just disappear.

I'm really thankful for the popularity of 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon,' but I know it's only temporary.

Television is fickle, and it's fleeting.

I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that's it, and somebody else come in.

There's so many people who come to me here in L.A., promising me this and promising me that. What I'm learning is figuring out what's real versus what's just talk.

I know how limited and how fleeting fame is, so I just try not to get excited about it, honestly.

It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.

What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.

Could you not give me some sign, or tell me something about you that never changes, or some other way to know you, or thing to know you by?" — "No, Curdie: that would be to keep you from knowing me. You must know me in quite another way from that. It would not be the least use to you or me either if I were to make you know me in that way. It would be but to know the sign of me — not to know me myself.

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.

A big, spectacular thing can frequently be accomplished quickly. Quality usually takes longer. Fanfare and fireworks are not part of quality; therefore, only those who know true values are attracted to it. But when fanfare and fireworks are over, quality will remain.

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

I'd much rather be a one-hit wonder than a phony.