Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

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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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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

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Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

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My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

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Laws are inoperative in war

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What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

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There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

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The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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Old age by nature is rather talkative.

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No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

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O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

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