Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

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Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

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The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.

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The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

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Now in regard to trades and other means of livelihood, which ones are to be considered becoming to a gentleman and which ones are vulgar, we have been taught, in general, as follows. First, those means of livelihood are rejected as undesirable which incur people's ill-will, as those of tax-gatherers and usurers. Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery.

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A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

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Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

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Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

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The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

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If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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What is permissible is not always honorable.

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We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

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

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What times! What manners!

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