Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

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

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

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

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

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

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

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...

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

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...

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

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...

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

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...

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a...

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...