Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Honor is the reward of virtue.

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But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

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The human mind ever longs for occupation.

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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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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

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To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

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Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

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Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue.

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Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

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It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

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He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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I hate all children of precocious talent.

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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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In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

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Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

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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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Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

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Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

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