Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

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In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

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Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

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In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

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Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

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Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

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So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

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No sane man will dance.

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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

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The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God

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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

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While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

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Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.

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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

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Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.

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