Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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,...

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in...

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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...

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

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...

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain