Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.

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Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.

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A community is like the ones who govern it.

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The real friend is another self.

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These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

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

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As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

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Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

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Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione quidem violari fas fuit.]

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Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

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In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

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Every animal loves itself.

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He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

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