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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

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...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

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...

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

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

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

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

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

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

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

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.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...