Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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A friend is a second self.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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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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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.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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