The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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Dogs wait for us faithfully.
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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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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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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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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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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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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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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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