The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

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...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

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...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.