It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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A friend is a second self.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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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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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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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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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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