How we ought to actCicero to Servius Sulpicius Refus You ask my advice. It is such as I can more easily take myself than offer to another. What course could...
Pure MotivesPliny the Younger, "Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive, of our actions." Cicero. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero With His...
Respect to EldersThey say that Lysander the Spartan, whom I have mentioned before, used to remark that Sparta was the most dignified home for old age; for...
Emancipation ProclamationAt 2 p.m., Lincoln wearily finished with his own reception, returned to his office. Seward and Fred soon joined him, carrying the...