Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there...

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there...

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.