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

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

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.

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...

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

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...