True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

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 enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

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.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

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

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

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a...

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a...

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the...

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the...