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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

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

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

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...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

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 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...

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

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...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.