We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFreedom is participation in power.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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