Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that was not the part which outraged you! Fool, what have you done? Your wife has lost nothing by the operation

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Husbands Quotes, Love Quotes, Wives Quotes

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...