Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhere is there dignity unless there is honesty?
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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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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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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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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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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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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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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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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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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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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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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But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
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