If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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

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

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

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

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

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

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...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and...

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.