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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Hidden and silent enmities are worse than open and declared ones.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The first law of friendship is to ask of friends things that are honorable, and only do honorable things for them.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nothing is more attractive in a man than his courtesy, his patience, and his tolerance.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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To err is human; but only the foolish persist in error.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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All fake things fall like withered flowers, because no simulation can last a long time.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I do not know whether, besides wisdom, the immortal gods have bestowed upon man anything better than friendship.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The good citizen is one who cannot tolerate in his country a power that seeks to become superior to the laws.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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He who contemplates a true friend, is as if he were contemplating another exemplar of himself.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If we want to enjoy peace, we must keep our weapons well; if we lay down our arms, we will never have peace.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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To be free, one must be slaves to the law.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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No one who trusts in themselves envies the virtue of others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The things we say are always more sincere when our spirits are angry than when they are calm.