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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Senectute, De Amicitia, De Divinatione. Translated by William Armistead Falconer, Harvard University Press, 1923, p. 37.

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About the Author

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nationality: Roman
Profession: Statesman, Lawyer, Writer, Orator

Biography

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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