No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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...

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

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...

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

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.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

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...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.