The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROPoliticians are not born; they are excreted.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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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 prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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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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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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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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