For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThough silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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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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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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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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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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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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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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Dogs wait for us faithfully.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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