Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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Empire and liberty.
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Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.
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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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To live is to think.
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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
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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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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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An unjust peace is better than a just war.
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For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.