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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

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...

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.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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....

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

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

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

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...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to...

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to...

Health is my expected heaven.

Health is my expected heaven.

Man is the cruelest animal.

Man is the cruelest animal.