Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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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.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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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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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
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The best interpreter of the law is custom.
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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
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Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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Laws are silent in time of war.
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
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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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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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What is permissible is not always honorable.
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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Hatred is settled anger.
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Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.