"Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.“
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"Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom."
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"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."
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"Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself."
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"In time of war the laws are silent."
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"The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed."
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