The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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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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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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