Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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

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...

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

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.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

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.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

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...

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...

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'