Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

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.

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...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Don't make me mad then tell me to calm down. That's like stabbing someone and...

Don't make me mad then tell me to calm down. That's like stabbing someone and...