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These studies are a spur to th...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

Marcus Cicero 1236 quotes

All action is of the mind and ...

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

Marcus Cicero 1236 quotes

It is a true saying that 'one ...

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

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A happy life consists in tranq...

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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Lucius Cassius ille quem popul...

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

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If you would abolish covetousn...

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

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Victory is by nature insolent ...

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

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That last day does not bring e...

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

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When you wish to instruct, be ...

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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Orators are most vehement when...

Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

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He who acknowledges a kindness...

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

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Inability to tell good from ev...

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

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The more virtuous any man is, ...

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

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The celestial order and the be...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

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Memory is the receptacle and s...

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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As I give thought to the matte...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it

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It is pleasant to recall past ...

It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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Certain signs precede certain ...

Certain signs precede certain events.

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Nothing contributes to the ent...

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

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The recovery of freedom is so ...

The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.

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