What is permissible is not always honorable.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

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...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

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...

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

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

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

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

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...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

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.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.