We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

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...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

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

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

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

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

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

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.