Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROLove is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat is sweeter than lettered ease?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROYour enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROA friend is a second self.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor 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.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROInstead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROCultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROGratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROEvery man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWhat can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?
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