For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is demoralizing.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

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 false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

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...

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

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...

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

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...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

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...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

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 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.

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...

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...