Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

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...

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

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...

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.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

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...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

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...