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.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIs not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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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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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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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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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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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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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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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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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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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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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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What can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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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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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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