Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

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Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

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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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The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

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It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. [Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]

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The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

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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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The forehead is the gate of the mind.

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Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains yours. No barrier can shut it out. It can never be untimely; it can never be in the way. We need friendship all the time, just as much as we need the proverbial prime necessities of life, fire and water.

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Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

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The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

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