When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

Thrift is of great revenue.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

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

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

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...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

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...

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.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

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...