But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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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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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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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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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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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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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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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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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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