More quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."
"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."
"What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk."
"For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives."
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."