Justinian I Quotes

• Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.

  Justinian I

  Justice, Desire, Firm

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• There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity.

  Justinian I

  Men, Two, His Love

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• Keep cool and you will command everyone.

  Justinian I

  Calm, Tranquility, Command

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• Justice is the constant and eternal purpose that renders to each his due.

  Justinian I

  Justice, Purpose, Politics

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• The safety of the state is the highest law.

  Justinian I

  Government, Law, Safety

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• Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

  Justinian I

  Mother, Virtue, Frugality

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• If anything is due to a corporation, it is not due to the individual members thereof, nor do the members individually owe what the corporation owes.

  Justinian I

  Corporations, Individual, Members

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• If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls and shall submit to the monstrous doctrine that follows from it, let him be anathema [excommunicated]

  Justinian I

  Soul, Doctrine, Fabulous

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