Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

Thrift is of great revenue.

Thrift is of great revenue.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

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...

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

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.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

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.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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...

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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...