A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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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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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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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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