Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]

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We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

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More laws, less justice.

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But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

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Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

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But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. If that statement is not clear, then you may understand how great is the power of friendship and of concord from a consideration of the results of enmity and disagreement. For what house is so strong, or what state so enduring that it cannot be utterly overthrown by animosities and division?

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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.

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The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

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There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

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The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

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Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

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The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

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When they remain silent, they cry out.

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Calamus fortior gladio.

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