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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

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...

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

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...

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

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

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

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

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...

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off