Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Crime Quotes, Self Righteous Quotes

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

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

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

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...

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.