Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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 are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

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

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

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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

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

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...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...