Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

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If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

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But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. If that statement is not clear, then you may understand how great is the power of friendship and of concord from a consideration of the results of enmity and disagreement. For what house is so strong, or what state so enduring that it cannot be utterly overthrown by animosities and division?

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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

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Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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To freemen, threats are impotent.

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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

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The human mind ever longs for occupation.

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Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

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In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

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For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

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I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

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We are born poets. we become orators.

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

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Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

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