Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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Dogs wait for us faithfully.

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For while we are enclosed in these confinements of the body, we perform as a kind of duty the heavy task of necessity; for the soul from heaven has been cast down from its dwelling on high and sunk, as it were, into the earth, a place just the opposite to godlike nature and eternity. But I believe that the immortal gods have sown souls in human bodies so there might exist beings to guard the world and after contemplating the order of heaven, might imitate it by their moderation and steadfastness in life.

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There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

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The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

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It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

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A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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Always the same thing.

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Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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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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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

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As I breathe, I hope.

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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.

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He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

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More laws, less justice.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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