Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?

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Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

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Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

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This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

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Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

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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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Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.

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Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

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

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To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

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For many wish not so much to be, as to seem to be, endowed with real virtue.

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Honor is the reward of virtue.

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

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The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.

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Hatred is a settled anger.

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