To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

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...

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...

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

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

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,...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

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...

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...

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.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...