Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

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We are not born for ourselves alone.

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The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

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I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead. [Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.]

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For while we are enclosed in these confinements of the body, we perform as a kind of duty the heavy task of necessity; for the soul from heaven has been cast down from its dwelling on high and sunk, as it were, into the earth, a place just the opposite to godlike nature and eternity. But I believe that the immortal gods have sown souls in human bodies so there might exist beings to guard the world and after contemplating the order of heaven, might imitate it by their moderation and steadfastness in life.

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Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow old in body, but we need never grow old in mind and spirit. No one is as old as to think he or she cannot live one more year.

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It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men.

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Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)

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Strict law is often great injustice.

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The foundation of justice is good faith.

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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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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

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To live long, live slowly.

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The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

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But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature.

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It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

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