Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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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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It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

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To live long, live slowly.

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The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

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Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

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Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue.

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There is nothing god cannot do.

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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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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

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Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

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More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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Old age by nature is rather talkative.

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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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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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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

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We all are imbued with the love of praise.

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To reduce man to the duties of his own city, and to disengage him from duties to the members of other cities, is to break the universal society of the human race.

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