We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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...

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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...

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...

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

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...

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...

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

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...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

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...

Success focuses on the six D's: Desire, Determination, Discipline, Devotion, Dedication, and Destiny.

Success focuses on the six D's: Desire, Determination, Discipline, Devotion, Dedication, and Destiny.

Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and...

Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and...

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...