Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

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Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

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

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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.

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For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

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There is not a moment without some duty.

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But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

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How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

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Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

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In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

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Pardon is granted to necessity.

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