Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
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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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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
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To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
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Like associates with like.
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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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The good of the people is the greatest law.
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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.