Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.

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There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.

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The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

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Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

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Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

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Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

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History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

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Kindness is produced by kindness.

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No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

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As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

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This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition.

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What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]

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Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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

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