The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

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...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

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...

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

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 wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and...

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

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...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...