Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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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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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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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 countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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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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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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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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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
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