To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

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.

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.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

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

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

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

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.

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

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...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands...

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands...

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...