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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

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

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

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

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

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

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

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

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

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...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...