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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.
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They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.
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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Summer lasts not for ever seasons succeed each other.
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Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.
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It is generally said, Past labors are pleasant, Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, The recollection of past labors is pleasant. [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
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Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.
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I remember the very thing that I do not wish to I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.
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Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.
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It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.
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He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.
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Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
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If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.
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People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
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