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Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

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.

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

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.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

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.

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...

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

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.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...