Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

About Cicero

Portrait of Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the...

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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

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Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues , but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

—William Jennings Bryan

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Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

—Brené Brown in Daring Greatly

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