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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Quote of Marcus Tullius Cicero - Friendship improves happiness and abates misery...


Biography - Marcus Tullius Cicero:

Roman politician and lawyer.
Born: -106 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
2nd century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.



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Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes for: friendship


Quotes

Quotes about friendship:


Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.





It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.





If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.





Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.





Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.





It is the fool's misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, the employment, the neighbourhood, and the circle of friends that suit him.











Quotes for: joy


Quotes

Quotes for: joy


I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.





The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.





It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.





Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.





Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.











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Marcus Tullius Cicero also said...


Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.





Any man can make mistakes.





If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.





The art of living well, is of all the arts the greatest.





Philosophy is the culture of the soul.





A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter.












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