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• My precept to all who build is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house an ornament to the owner.
  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)...
• Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
• Avarice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the read the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)...
• Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)...
• Shame is an ornament to the young, a disgrace to the old.
• Ask of friends only what is honorable. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
• Law stands mute in the midst of arms. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
• Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
• Reason should direct and appetite obey. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)