Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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.

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.

More law, less justice.

More law, less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

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

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

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

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...

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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

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

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits...

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits...

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...