A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...