The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

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...

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...

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.

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...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

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...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

When I first got an agent, they gave me some advice--lose weight.

When I first got an agent, they gave me some advice--lose weight.