Roman - Statesman | 106 BC - 43 BC
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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More law, less justice.
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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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A home without books is a body without soul.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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