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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Cicero
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Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer and philosopher who wrote extensively on rhetoric, orations, philosophy and politics, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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