Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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Kindness is produced by kindness.

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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

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A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

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Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

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Certain signs precede certain events.

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Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

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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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All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal.... If you make a promise, the thing is still uncertain, depends on a future day, and concerns but few people; but if you refuse you alienate people to a certainty and at once, and many people too.

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There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

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Life without learning is death.

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The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.

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Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

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Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

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The good of the people is the greatest law.

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To live long, live slowly.

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