Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

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Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

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By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.

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I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

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Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils.

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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

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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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Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

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The real friend is another self.

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A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.

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All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

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Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

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They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.

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