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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I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

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...

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...

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...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have...

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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 best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.