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- Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- While there's life, there's hope.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Ad Atticum
- Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Milone
- 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.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
- The freedom of poetic license.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
- The people's good is the highest law.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Legibus
- Let the punishment match the offense.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Legibus
- The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Amicitia
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