We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

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

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

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...

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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...

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do...

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do...