Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROEvery man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo 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?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERODiseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFreedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROInstead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat is sweeter than lettered ease?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhen you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhile there’s life, there’s hope.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROLaw applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROGratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROKnowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFriendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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