Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

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It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

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O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. [Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix, expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]

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There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

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We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

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Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

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The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

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An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

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Let each man have according to his deserts.

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