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“A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

famousquotesandfreeaudiobooks:

“In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Log in Your Own Eye

lionofchaeronea:

Phaedrus, Fables 4.9 “De Vitiis Hominum”

On us has Jupiter placed two wallets.
One he put behind our backs,
Full to brimming with our own faults;
The other he hung before our chests,
Heavy with the faults of others.
It’s because of this that we can’t see
Our own wrongdoing; but as soon
As others err, we start to carp.

Peras imposuit Iuppiter nobis duas;
propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit,
alienis ante pectus suspendit gravem.
    Hac re videre nostra mala non possumus;
alii simul delinquunt, censores sumus.

Trompe l’Oeil with Falconer’s Bag and Other Equipment for Falconry, Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts, 1671