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Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes

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Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "a friend is a second self"
a friend is a second self Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "A friend is, as it were, a second self."
A friend is, as it were, a second self. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you."
Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Never injure a friend, even in jest."
Never injure a friend, even in jest. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but..."
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "For how many things, which for our own sake we should never..."
For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great..."
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature."
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and..."
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the..."
Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. Marcus Tullius Cicero
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. Marcus Tullius Cicero

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