The more laws, the less justice.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

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...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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,...

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...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

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...

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

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.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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...