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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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...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

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...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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.

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...

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

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...

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

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

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

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...

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

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.