Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?

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The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

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We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

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Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

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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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A community is like the ones who govern it.

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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.

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That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

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A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

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Hmm... That's like telling you about the cold of space, or terror of midnight. Sithis is all those things. He is... the Void.

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But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

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What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

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Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

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