Empire and liberty.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

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...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

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...

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

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

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

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...

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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...

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

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

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...