Not for ourselves alone are we born.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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Dogs wait for us faithfully.
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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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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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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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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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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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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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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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A friend is a second self.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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