Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

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There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

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Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

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Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

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It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

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

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Life is short, but art lives forever.

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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

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Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.

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To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

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The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

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Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

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For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

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A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

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