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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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

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...

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

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

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

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his...

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his...

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...

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability, that counts.

It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability, that counts.

Education is all a matter of building bridges

Education is all a matter of building bridges