Quotes
"The strength of Rome is founded on her ancient customs as much as on the strength of her sons."
"The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so"
"The idle mind knows not what it wants."
"Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur." - (quoted by Cicero, Laelius 17.64) Translation: "A sure friend is seen in an unsure matter"
"Good deeds, if badly placed, become bad deeds." - quoted by Cicero in "On Duties (part 2)"
"Philosophari sibi necesse esse, sed paucis." / "To think philosophically is good, but in little doses" - Quoted by Cicero in "Tusculanes", book II, part 1.
"Nulla sancta societas / Nec fides regni est"
"No sacred fellowship / Nor faith (where) kingship is" - quoted by Cicero in "On Duties (part 1)"
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