Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

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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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The remembrance of past misery is sweet.

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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

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In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

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Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones.

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The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

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

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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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Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

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Strict law is often great injustice.

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The sinews of war are infinite money.

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Philosophy is the true mother of science.

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There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

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Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

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Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains yours. No barrier can shut it out. It can never be untimely; it can never be in the way. We need friendship all the time, just as much as we need the proverbial prime necessities of life, fire and water.

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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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