Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

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No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy.

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We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

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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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The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.

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Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already.

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There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

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

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Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

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They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.

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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

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For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

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

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For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?

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It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

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To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

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Like associates with like.

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

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