Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

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...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

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

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

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is...

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

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 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...

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.