The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROLaw applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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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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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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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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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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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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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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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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Life is nothing without friendship.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.
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