Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

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Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.

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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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Life is nothing without friendship.

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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

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The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.

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Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.

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The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

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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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No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

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The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

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When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

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