O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

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...

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

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

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

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

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

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

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...

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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...

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...

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves....

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves....

There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt...

There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt...