Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.

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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.

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Generosity should never exceed ability.

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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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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

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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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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.

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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

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Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

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The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

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

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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

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I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

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We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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It is a great thing to know your vices.

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

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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]

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Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

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