The law in Athens is true in Rome

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ethics Quotes

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

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.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

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 best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

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...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

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

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

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...

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get...

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.