Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Nature abhors annihilation.
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For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
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Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
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Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
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In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
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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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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
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Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
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Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
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The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
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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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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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Thrift is of great revenue.