Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

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A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

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Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

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It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

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Laws are inoperative in war

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Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

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Man is his own worst enemy.

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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

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For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.

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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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Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening?

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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

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Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]

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It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.

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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

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