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Quotation from The Republic and The Laws by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is not one thing at Rome, and another at Athens; one thing to-day, and another to-morrow”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Laelius)

The Republic and The Laws, Republic, Book III, ch. 22, trans. Francis Barham

Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero

The universality of natural law, which binds every nation and every age alike.

Citation: "It is not one thing at Rome, and another at Athens; one thing to-day, and another to-morrow" — Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Republic and The Laws, Republic, Book III, ch. 22, trans. Francis Barham. (id cicero-republic-and-laws-q4)

Portrait: Francesco Bartolozzi - Cicero - B1977.14.19547 - Yale Center for British Art, Francesco Bartolozzi, CC0.

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