Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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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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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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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
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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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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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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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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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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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Like associates with like.
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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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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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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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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.
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.