The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWe must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is a great thing to know your vices.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONot for ourselves alone are we born.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROHe only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROA mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor 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 CICEROWe are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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