Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

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Probability is the very guide of life.

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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

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To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]

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We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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In the approach to virtue there are many steps.

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Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

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Life without learning is death.

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Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.

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Unraveling the web of Penelope.

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.

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We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel toward their friends as they do toward themselves, and whatever labor they would encounter with a view to their own pleasure, they will encounter also for the sake of their friends.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

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No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

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