Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 7

• It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

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  Men, Flames, Mind

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• I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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  Education, Teacher, Ignorance

  "Tusculan Disputations". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Book I. 25. 60, c. 45 BC.

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• Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake.

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  Justice, Rewards, Sake

  "On the Laws". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I, 18, c. 43 BC.

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• Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

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  Power, Men, Causes

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• To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

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  Book, Giving, House

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• The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.

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  Freedom, Recovery, Splendid

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1856). “Select Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero”, p.439

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• It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

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  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1750). “Cato Major: Or, A Treatise on Old Age”, p.81

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• No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

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  Lying, Deceit, Courtesy

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• In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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  Men, Rights, Names

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• A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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  Wise, Men, Doe

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• To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

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  Long

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• Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

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  Weather, Advice, Pilots

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• To freemen, threats are impotent.
  [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]

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  Freedom, Power, Threat

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• The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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  Inspirational, Should, Higher

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• No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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  Wise, Men, Traitor

  "Orationes In Verrem", II. 1. 15, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 811-12,

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• Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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  Peace, Philosophical, Liberty

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1871). “The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero”, p.66

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• Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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  Longing, Trouble, Yearning

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, William Armistead Falconer (1923). “Cicero in twenty-nine volumes”

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• He who suffers, remembers.

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  Suffering, Remember

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• The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

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  Mean, Things In Life, Leisure

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• I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

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  Wish, Remember, Forget

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• The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

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  Inspirational, Life, Memories

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• In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

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  Preparation, Matter, Made

  "De Officiis (On Duties)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 21), 44 BC.

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• There are no true friends in politics.

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  True Friend, Politics, No True Friends

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• It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

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  Curiosity, Inquiry, Excellent

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• Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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  Trust, Trust No One, Salt

  "Laelius De Amicitia (Laelius On Friendship)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Sections 19 and 67), 44 BC.

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