Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Who does not know history's first law to be that an author must not dare to tell anything but the truth? And… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“In times of war, the law falls silent. Silent enim leges inter arma ” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
