Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.

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Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.

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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

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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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Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

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Hatred is inveterate anger.

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You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]

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Always the same thing.

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What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

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

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Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.

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

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Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

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What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.

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True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

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Genius is fostered by industry.

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