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

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

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...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

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.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

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...

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

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...

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.

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.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and...

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...