Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

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Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

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Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

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If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

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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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An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]

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Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

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If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

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Justice renders to every one his due.

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There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

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Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.

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Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

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Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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

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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.

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