Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Pardon is granted to necessity.

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Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.

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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]

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Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

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There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.

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I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.

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True nobility is exempt from fear.

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To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

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Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)

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We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.

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It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

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...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty for sins committed in a former life.

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That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.

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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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Strain every nerve to gain your point.

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A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

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Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

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Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

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The real friend is another self.

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Friends, though absent, are still present.

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