Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

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No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

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The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.

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After victory, you have more enemies.

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Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.

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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

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This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.

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There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

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A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

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For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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The real friend is another self.

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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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