Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

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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 nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

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

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

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The wise man never loses his temper.

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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

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It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.

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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!

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Justice renders to every one his due.

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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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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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Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your own expression, manufactured man? What sort of a manufacture is that? Where is it exercised? when? why? how?

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Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.

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Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

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To live long, live slowly.

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Let your desires be ruled by reason.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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