Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
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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 am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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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 tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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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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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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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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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
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If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.