Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

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Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.

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A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

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He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.

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It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

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The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

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Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your own expression, manufactured man? What sort of a manufacture is that? Where is it exercised? when? why? how?

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There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

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There is nothing god cannot do.

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We all are imbued with the love of praise.

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No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

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Dum Spiro, spero- As long as I breathe, I hope.

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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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The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they exercise through their unions. They are a nation of rascals and deceivers.

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Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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Genius is fostered by industry.

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