Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by nature of heaven: law - inviolable principle, better than the vacillating gods. (Elizabeth Bowen)

Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by nature of heaven: law - inviolable principle, better than the vacillating gods.

Elizabeth Bowen

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