Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

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Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

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I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.

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Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

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Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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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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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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As I breathe, I hope.

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No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy.

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All things are full of God.

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I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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To live long, live slowly.

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