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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Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

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...

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

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

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

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...

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

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.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth...

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth...

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be...

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be...