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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Passion Quotes

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.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

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...

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

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.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

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...

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

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.

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...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.