Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.

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No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.

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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

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Frugality includes all the other virtues.

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Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

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It is better to receive than to do injury.

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.

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The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

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I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

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In times of war, the law falls silent.

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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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