Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A friend is, as it were, a second self.

A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

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

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

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.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Force overcome by force.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

He is never less at leisure than when at leisure.

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 antiquity.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.