Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

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...

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

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

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.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

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.

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I...

I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...