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Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Kindness is produced by kindness. Kindness is produced by kindness.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body. In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue. There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: All things are full of God. All things are full of God.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting. I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The welfare of the people is the highest law The welfare of the people is the highest law
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good. No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: He he he ... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's ... madness ... He he he ... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's ... madness ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: More law, less justice. More law, less justice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her. We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: There is no place more delightful than home. There is no place more delightful than home.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: I am a Roman citizen. I am a Roman citizen.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones. Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice. Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart. In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: He who suffers, remembers. He who suffers, remembers.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life. Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Our country is wherever we are well off.[Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.] Our country is wherever we are well off.
[Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank. When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you. To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood. It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so. Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it. It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it. He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The freedom of poetic license. The freedom of poetic license.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: We all are imbued with the love of praise. We all are imbued with the love of praise.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction. Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: There is nothing god cannot do. There is nothing god cannot do.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men. Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master. In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: We are not born for ourselves alone. We are not born for ourselves alone.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: More laws, less justice. More laws, less justice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: A good orator is pointed and impassioned. A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one. Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty. No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so. For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic. To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning. To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: What society does to its children, so will its children do to society. What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst. I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead.[Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.] I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead.
[Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end. Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.] Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The science of love is the philosophy of the heart The science of love is the philosophy of the heart
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Reason should direct, and appetite obey. Reason should direct, and appetite obey.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Laws are dumb in the midst of arms. Laws are dumb in the midst of arms.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much. It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: To be rather than to seem. To be rather than to seem.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: True nobility is exempt from fear. True nobility is exempt from fear.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree. Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Let the force of arms give place to law and justice. Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery. Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Our liberality should not exceed our ability. Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind. That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Law stands mute in the midst of arms. Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Life is short, but art lives forever. Life is short, but art lives forever.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.[Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.] Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
[Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present. The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The real friend is another self. The real friend is another self.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception. Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Work makes a callus against grief. Work makes a callus against grief.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: There is no thing which God cannot accomplish. There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Before beginning, prepare carefully. Before beginning, prepare carefully.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Nature herself makes the wise man rich. Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word ... Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures. Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover. Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: O tempora! O mores!O what times (are these)! what morals! O tempora! O mores!
O what times (are these)! what morals!
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Ability without honor is useless. Ability without honor is useless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone. No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts. Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger. Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared. Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense. It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion. The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred. In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion. No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use. The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age. This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes: Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on. Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

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