Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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...

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

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...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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...

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

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

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

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.