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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Passion Quotes

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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

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

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

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...

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...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.