Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

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I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

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Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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Freedom is participation in power.

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

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Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?

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We make allowance for necessity.

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Hatred is a settled anger.

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Never injure a friend, even in jest.

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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

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In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

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If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.

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That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.

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I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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