In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.

About Cicero

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

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.

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If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

—Brendan Francis

It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.

—Arab Proverb

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