Ability without honor is useless.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROOur span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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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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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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Dogs wait for us faithfully.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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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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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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