Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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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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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
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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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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
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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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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
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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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The good of the people is the greatest law.
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Like associates with like.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
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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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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.