Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

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.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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

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

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

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...

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

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

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

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been...

In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been...