Cicero Quotes

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body but can never be so in mind.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Socrates indeed when he was asked of what country he called himself said "Of the world" for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.
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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
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Honor is the reward of virtue.
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O temporal O mores! O what times! what morals!
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Any man may make a mistake none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
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Oh what times! Oh what standards!
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The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.
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Religion is not removed by removing superstition.
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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.
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There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
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No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.
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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
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There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
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The precept "Know yourself " was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind but likewise that we might understand our own worth.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
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If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.
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I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
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The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
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If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.
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I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
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The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
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We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory.
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To live long it is necessary to live slowly.
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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
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We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
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When you have no basis for an argument abuse the plaintiff.
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No man was ever great without a touch of divine afflatus.
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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of wha. I do not know.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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To the sick while there is life there is hope.
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Hatred is settled anger.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
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A friend is as it were a second self.
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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things human and divine conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
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As in the case of wines that improve with age the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue not a companion in vice.
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Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.
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Man's best support is a very dear friend.
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It is fortune not wisdom that rules man's life.
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If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost he need never regret his limited ability.
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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all other virtues.
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To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.
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No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.
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Certain signs precede certain events.
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Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.
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