Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it."

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Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

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The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.

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The foundation of justice is good faith.

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No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

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As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.

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O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest.

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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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Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.

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Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

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Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

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It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

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Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.

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Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]

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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

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Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.

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