To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROAbility without honor is useless.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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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?
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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