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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
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There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
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There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.
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In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.
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Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.
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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
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Virtue is its own reward.
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It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.
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A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.
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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
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Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]
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This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.
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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
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Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.
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Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.
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