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1 Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.Cicero is generally perceived to be one of the most more..more..

2 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:Not to know the events which happened before one was born, that is to remain always a boy. #Age and Aging #Age and Aging

3 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:Nothing quite new is perfect. #Perfection #Perfection

4 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. #Obstacles #Obstacles

5 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:The spirit is the true self. #Spirit and Spirituality #Spirit and Spirituality

6 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:No Sane man will dance. #Dance and Dancing #Dance and Dancing

7 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. #God#God

8 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:A home without books is a body without soul. #Books - Reading#Books - Reading

9 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good. #Evil#Evil

10 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. #Critics and Criticism#Critics and Criticism

11 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:... for until that God who rules all the region of the sky... has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. Men were created with the understanding that they were to look after that sphere called Earth, which you see in the middle of the temple. Minds have been given to them out of the eternal fires you call fixed stars and planets, those spherical solids which, quickened with divine minds, journey through their circuits and orbits with amazing speed.... #Astrology#Astrology

12 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity #Preparation#Preparation

13 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:No one can give you better advice than yourself. #Advice#Advice

14 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:There is nothing so ridiculous absurd* but some philosopher has said it. #Philosophers and Philosophy#Philosophers and Philosophy

15 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. #Parents and Parenting#Parents and Parenting

16 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:Never injure a friend, even in jest. #Friends and Friendship#Friends and Friendship

17 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense. #Justice#Justice

18 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. #Age and Aging#Age and Aging

19 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third. #Poverty and The Poor #Poverty and The Poor

20 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. #Food and Eating#Food and Eating

21 “ Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis:For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends. #Friends and Friendship#Friends and Friendship

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