FastSaying

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Happiness

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His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
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