Laws are silent in time of war.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

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.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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...

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

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

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...

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

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...

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

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.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

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.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

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.