Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.

It is a true saying that "One falsehood leads easily to another".

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Laws are silent in times of war.

Let the punishment match the offense.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Force overcome by force.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

He is never less at leisure than when at leisure.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.