Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]

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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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All great men are partially inspired.

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It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

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Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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

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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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The freedom of poetic license.

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There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, 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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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

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Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

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The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

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To-morrow will give some food for thought.

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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

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Friendship is not to be sought for its wages, but because its revenue consists entirely in the love which it implies.

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I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

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In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

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