Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

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...

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.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

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 best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

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...

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.