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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

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...

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...

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

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...

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.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

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...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

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

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...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

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.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.