The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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...

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

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

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

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.

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

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...

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

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...

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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 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.

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

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

I think perhaps Love thrives on chance and unlikely circumstance. Life also thrives on these...

I think perhaps Love thrives on chance and unlikely circumstance. Life also thrives on these...

I get by with a little help from my friends.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents become...

I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents become...