The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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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.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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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 are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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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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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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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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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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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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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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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
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