Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
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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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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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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
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Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
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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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For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
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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 more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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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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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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Thrift is of great revenue.
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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
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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.