Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.

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You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]

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We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

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They condemn what they do not understand.

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

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The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

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I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

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Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

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This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

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Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

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Pardon is granted to necessity.

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How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

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That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

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Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. [Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.]

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

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