Selected Letters
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Format: 280 pages, Paperback
The greatest orator in Roman history, Marcus Tullius Cicero remained one of the republic's chief su…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies. ( Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you'll never go wrong. )"-Marcus Tullius Cicero, Selected Letters
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
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"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
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3. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
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14. Metamorphoses
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15. History of the Peloponnesian War
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
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"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
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20. Selected Letters
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
4.00
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
The greatest orator in Roman history, Marcus Tullius Cicero remained one of the republic's chief su… read more
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"Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies. ( Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you'll never go wrong. )"-Marcus Tullius Cicero, Selected Letters
21. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
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"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
