He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

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.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

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...

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

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

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

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...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...