The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to...

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to...