Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

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Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.

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The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]

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The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

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For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.

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Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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When they remain silent, they cry out.

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Work makes a callus against grief.

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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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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

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Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

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

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I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.

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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

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Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

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The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

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