Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps...

A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps...