Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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...

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...

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...

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

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.

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

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.

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...

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...

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...

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...