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• There is no opinion so absurd that some philosopher will not express it. -- Cicero
• Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political leaders.
  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares", 1st century BC...
• An unjust peace is better than a just war.
  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero "Epistola ad Atticum" (106-43 BCE)...
• Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)...
• There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
• Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo pilosophorum.
  [Nothing so absurd can be said, that some philosopher has not said it.] -- Cicero...
• 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.)...
• 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.)