Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

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Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

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It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

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The works of nature must all be accounted good.

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If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]

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It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

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Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]

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Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.

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If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"

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Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

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

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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