Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 18

• Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made them.

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  Respect, Promise, Made

  "De Officiis".

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• This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

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  Greatness, Men, Guilty

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.42

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• A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

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  Wise, Doe, Coercion

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• The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.

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  Justice, Suffering, Foundation

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• A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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  Friendship, Philosophical, Cat

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1850). “M. Tullii Ciceronis, De Senectute Et De Amicitiâ”, p.63

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• No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

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  Wise, Men, Opinion

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• It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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  Past, Trouble, Pleasant

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• It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

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  Teacher, Citizens, Duty

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.1364, Delphi Classics

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• Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

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  Knowledge, Men, Difficult

  "De Oratore (On the Orator)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book III, Chapter 9), 55 BC.

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• Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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  Friendship, World, Mankind

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1750). “Thoughts of Cicero: On the Following Subjects, Viz. I. Religion. II. Man. III. Conscience. IV. The Passions. V. Wisdom. VI. Probity. VII. Eloquence. VIII. Friendship. IX. Old Age. X. Death. XI. Scipio's Dream. XII. Miscellaneous Thoughts”, p.213

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• Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

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  Men, Disposition, Merciful

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• Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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  Wise, Nature, Men

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• While the sick man has life, there is hope.

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  Hope, Men, Sick

  "Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book IX, Chapter 10, Section 4), 68-43 BC.

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• It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

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  Mistake, Men, Thinking

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.48

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• Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

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  Ignorance, Matter, Ashamed

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• This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows.

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  Thinking, Tyrants, Democracy

  Marcus Tullius Cicero, Niall Rudd (2008). “The Republic and The Laws”, p.31, Oxford University Press

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• Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

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  Men, Wish, Atheism

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• Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

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  Men, Trade, Every Man

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• When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

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  Animal, Hands, History

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• It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

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  Courage, Bravery, Spirit

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• All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

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  Eye, Mirrors, Mind

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• It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

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  Evil, Evil Thoughts, Madden

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• The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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  Sweet, Peace, War

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• While there's life, there's hope.

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  Life, Hope, Latin

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1880). “The Life and Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero: Being a New Translation of the Letters Included in Mr. Watsons's Selection”

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• I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

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  Wise, Witty, Powerful

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