Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A true friend is a sort of second self.

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Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.

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Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

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It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.

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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

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In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.

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Work makes a callus against grief.

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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

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Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)

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Never injure a friend, even in jest.

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Let reason govern desire.

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

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That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]

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