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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

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...

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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...

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

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...

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

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

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

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...