To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.
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