An Evil, At Its Birth, Is Easily Crushed, But It Grows And Strengthens By Endurance.

An evil, at its birth, is easily crushed, but it grows and strengthens
by endurance.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

Virtue is its own reward. [and] Ignorance of good and evil is the most upsetting fact of human life.
Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Finibus" (106-43 BCE)...
Ask of friends only what is honorable. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
Law stands mute in the midst of arms. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
Reason should direct and appetite obey. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
Then condemn what they do not understand. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero...
The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
To live long, it is necessary to live slowly. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)