If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

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.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

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.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

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...

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

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

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

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