Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

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

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

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...

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

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.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

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

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

No complaint ... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

No complaint ... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of...

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of...