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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

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

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

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...

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

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.

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

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.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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...

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

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

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it

Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it