“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: happiness
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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love
“Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: wisdom
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The life of the dead is placed
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: death
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The best interpreter of the law is
“The best interpreter of the law is custom.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: best
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The only excuse for war is that
“The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: war
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In time of war the laws are
“In time of war the laws are silent.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: war
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What sweetness is left in life, if
“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: friendship
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Silence is one of the great arts
“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: great
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Nature has planted in our minds an
“Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: truth
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
“I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: knowledge
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That last day does not bring extinction
“That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: change
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