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 nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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

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

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

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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

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

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

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 sinews of war are infinite money.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of...

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of...

Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a...

Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a...