Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]

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Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

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When war is raging the laws are dumb.

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No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]

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I am a Roman citizen.

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Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art.

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Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

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We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

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If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

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. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. Men were created with the understanding that they were to look after that sphere called Earth, which you see in the middle of the temple. Minds have been given to them out of the eternal fires you call fixed stars and planets, those spherical solids which, quickened with divine minds, journey through their circuits and orbits with amazing speed.

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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

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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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Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own.

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Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

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The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

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The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

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He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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