Famous quotes containing the words general and/or precepts:
“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)