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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.   Cicero, Marcus T.

Excerpt from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series · This quote is about fame · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC) was an orator, statesman, political theorist, lawyer and philosopher of Ancient Rome. He is considered by many to be amongst the greatest of the Latin orators and prose writers.

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