Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

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...

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

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

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

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

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.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...