No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

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.

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...

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

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

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

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

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.

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

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...

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the...

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the...

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...