Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROLiberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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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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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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To be rather than to seem.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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