Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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.

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

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...

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...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second...

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second...

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

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...

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...