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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Quote of Marcus Tullius Cicero - What sweetness is left in life...


Biography - Marcus Tullius Cicero:

Roman politician and lawyer.
Born: -106 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
2nd century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

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.



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Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: friendship


Quotes

Quotes about friendship:


Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.





It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.





If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.





Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.





Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.





It is the fool's misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, the employment, the neighbourhood, and the circle of friends that suit him.











Quotes for: sun


Quotes

Quotes for: sun


The sun is new each day.





It is found again.
What? Eternity.
It is the sea
Gone with the sun.






What good is all sunrise, if we do not stand up?





Truth is like the sun. It casts light on everything but does not let itself stared at.





Education is another sun to those who are educated.





You must be very polite to the Earth
And to the sun












Quotes

Marcus Tullius Cicero also said...


Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.





Any man can make mistakes.





If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.





The art of living well, is of all the arts the greatest.





Philosophy is the culture of the soul.





A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter.












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