Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
Variant: In a time of war, the law falls silent.
(Pro Milone: Speech in defense of Titus Annius Milo, 52 BCE)

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A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (On Friendship, 44 BCE)

While there's life, there's hope.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Letters to Atticus, 68 - 43 BCE)

No one dances sober, unless he is insane.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Pro Murena: Speech in defense of Lucius Licinius Murena, 63 BCE)

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