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Peace Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
- The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
- The more laws, the less justice.
- An unjust peace is better than a just war.
- Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
- The sinews of war are infinite money.
- Peace is freedom in tranquility.
- Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.
- A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
- The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.
- I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
- I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
- The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom…
- Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.
- The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.
- Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory…
- War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.
- For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.
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