This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

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

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

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...

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...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

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

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

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

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...

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

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

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

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

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

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

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.