A friend is a second self.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROLiberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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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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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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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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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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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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