No sane man will dance.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

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

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

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...

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...

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.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

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 administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so

Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.