Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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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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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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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 closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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