The good of the people is the greatest law.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

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...

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

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

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

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.

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.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

The sinews of war are infinite money.

The sinews of war are infinite money.