What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

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.

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...

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

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

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...