The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

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...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

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

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

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

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...

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 foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and...

He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...