Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook.

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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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History is the teacher of life

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It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

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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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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God

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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

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Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.

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Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

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If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

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Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

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Do nothing twice over.

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He who suffers, remembers.

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It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

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What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

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