While there's life, there's hope.

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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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

—Benjamin Franklin

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks to come. We've been asked to pause for a reality check; we've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

—Barack Obama

Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action.

Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope'.

—Alexandre Dumas

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

—Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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