Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 7

• It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

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  Adversity, Mind, Bears

  "De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 26, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 637-38, 44 B.C..

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• The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

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  Men, Evil, Limits

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• Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

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  Evil, Stronger, Bud

  Philippicae, V. 11,

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• 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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• In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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  Teacher, Wish, Atheism

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body.
  [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]

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  Mind, Body, Disease

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• The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

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  Men, Law, Tree

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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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• We are not born for ourselves alone.

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  Responsibility, Born

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1856). “The Orations”, p.18

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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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• 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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• The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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  Agriculture, Tree, Fruit

  "Tusculanarum Disputationum". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 14), translated, 45 BC.

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• He who suffers, remembers.

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  Suffering, Remember

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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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• Friends are proved by adversity.

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  Friendship, Friends, Adversity

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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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• To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

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  Victory, Teach, Sweetness

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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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• You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

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  Inspirational, Good Life, War

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