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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

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...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

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...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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...

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...

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

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

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.