All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

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

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

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

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

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would...

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would...

Three may keep counsel, if two be away

Three may keep counsel, if two be away

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under...

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under...