Laws are inoperative in war

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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...

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.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

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...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

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.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain