Before beginning, prepare carefully

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

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.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

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...

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

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.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

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...

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the...

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the...

Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of...