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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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

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

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

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...

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

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.

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

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

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...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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.

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

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

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...