He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFew are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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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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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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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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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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