Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero, was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

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Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.

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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

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Certain signs precede certain events.

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Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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