Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions and the Practice of Virtue; in which he who labours to improve himself from his Youth, will in Age reap the happiest Fruits of them; not only because these never leave a Man, not even in the extremest Old Age; but because a Conscience bearing Witness that our Life was well-spent, together with the Remembrance of past good Actions, yields an unspeakable Comfort to the Soul

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How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

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To live long, live slowly.

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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

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He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

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But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

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Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

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As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

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For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.

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

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We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

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For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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