To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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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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A friend is a second self.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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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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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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