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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Biography

Author Profession: Statesman
Nationality: Roman
Born: 106 BC
Died: 43 BC

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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
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The more laws, the less justice.
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To live is to think.
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
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Accusation, Against, Also, Brought, Character, Cooled, Dissipated, Down, False, Fire, Heaven, Himself, Into, Man, Once, Out, Over, Put, Sea, Standing, Thrown, Unmoved, Water