The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Mind Quotes

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.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

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

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

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...

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...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.