Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
While there’s life, there’s hope.
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
Ability without honor is useless.
~Cicero on Honor
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Honor is the reward of virtue.
A man of courage is also full of faith.
Hatred is settled anger.
~Cicero quote on Hatred
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
The more laws, the less justice.
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