Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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To 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?
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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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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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