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If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#evil #good #labor #passes #pleasure

Laws are silent in time of war. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#silent #time #war

What is permissible is not always honorable. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#honorable #permissible

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#err #error #gives #gladly #i

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#cases #doubtful #interpretation #liberal #more

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#love #philosophy #rightly #simply #wisdom

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#debt #increase #man #much #nobility

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#due #every #every man #gives #his

More law, less justice. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#law #less #more

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#believed #better #ever #existed #himself