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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

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

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

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

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

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

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,...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.