Ability without honor is useless.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ability Quotes

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

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.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.