But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROMemory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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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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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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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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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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