Cui Bono Quotes

#1. CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

Ambrose Bierce

#2. There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused.

Edmund Burke

#3. It seems to me the only pertinent question is: cui bono? It is clear that the size of the privileged strata as a percentage of the whole has grown significantly under historical capitalism. And for these people, the world they know is better on the whole than any their earlier counterparts knew.

Immanuel Wallerstein

#4. A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

Daisaku Ikeda

#5. What use is it to him now that he was such a good mathematician at school?

Erich Maria Remarque

#6. My spiritual life is an interesting thing. It's pretty private. I was raised Catholic in the Baptist Bible belt, so my spirituality was challenged and very much a private thing and it continues to be.

Kelli O'Hara

#7. You might not be aware of this, but it takes more than bright lights to damage a Marine. We've been highly trained to deal with loud noises, too.

Tanya Huff

#8. Justice is the only worship.
Love is the only priest.
Ignorance is the only slavery.
Happiness is the only good.
The time to be happy is now,
The place to be happy is here,
The way to be happy is to make others so.
Wisdom is the science of happiness.

Robert G. Ingersoll