A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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...

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

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...

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...