Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
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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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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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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
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Thrift is of great revenue.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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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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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
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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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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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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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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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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
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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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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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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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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
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To live is to think.
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.