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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

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...

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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.

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

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

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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...

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...