I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.

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

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

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

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...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

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

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

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 you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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...

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...