Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.

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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

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We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

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

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Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

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This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

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To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

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It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

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For many wish not so much to be, as to seem to be, endowed with real virtue.

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Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

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In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

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Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

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There is no moment without some duty.

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