The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONot for ourselves alone are we born.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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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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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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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 function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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To be rather than to seem.
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Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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