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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect...

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...

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search...

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search...

People say you can't live without love...I think oxygen is more important.

People say you can't live without love...I think oxygen is more important.