The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

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...

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you...

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you...

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.