Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

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Not in opinion but in nature is law founded.

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Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men.

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That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

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He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.

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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

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Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.

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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

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I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

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Justice renders to every one his due.

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Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

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So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

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The good of the people is the greatest law.

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To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

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I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

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Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?

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Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.

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We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

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The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master.

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