It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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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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Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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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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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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To be rather than to seem.
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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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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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