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To some extent I liken slavery to death.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Death
#Extent
#Some
In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Closely
#Everything
#Greatest
#Pleasures
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Ability
#Education
#Glory
#Man
#Virtue
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Creator
#Fire
#Life
#Return
#Truth
What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#He
#Ought
#Should
#Use
#Whatever
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Fair
#Injuries
#Law
#Nature
#Through
One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Destroyed
#Ever
#Individual
#Soul
#Who
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Fall
#Flowers
#Glory
#Long
#True
In time of war the laws are silent.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Laws
#Silent
#Time
#War
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Feared
#More
#Than
#Those
#Vowed
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Bestowed
#Children
#Dear
#Gift
#Man
Like associates with like.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Associates
#Like
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#He
#Only
#Passion
#Reason
#Who
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#False
#Imitation
#Nothing
#True
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Longing
#Nature
#Our
#See
#Truth
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Habit
#Mind
#Nature
#Reason
#Virtue
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Admiration
#Discretion
#Great
#Our
#Who
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Doubt
#Either
#Pain
#Will
#Without
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Intention
#Laws
#Liberal
#Sense
#Should
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Better
#Himself
#Orator
#Poet
#Who
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Others
#Quickly
#Shed
#Tear
#Troubles
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Clever
#Man
#More
#Reputation
#Take
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Action
#Life
#Search
#Truth
#Value
What is permissible is not always honorable.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Always
#Honorable
#Permissible
To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Force
#Full
#Know
#Laws
#Meaning
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Because
#Just Because
#Just
#Know
#Man
Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Every
#Household
#Man
#Own
#Reputation
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Free
#Judges
#Law
#Rest
#Us
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Character
#Fire
#Man
#Sea
#Water
For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Friends
#How
#Never
#Own
#Things
Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Memory
#Nothing
#Out
#Something
#Which
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Cannot
#Large
#People
#Realize
#Thrift
In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Always
#Interpretation
#Liberal
#More
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Honorable
#Said
#Should
#Thought
#You
A letter does not blush.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Blush
#Does
#Letter
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Men
#More
#Nature
#Study
#Than
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Defense
#Just
#Revenge
#War
#Without
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Best
#Brevity
#Recommendation
#Speech
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Memory
#Past
#Sweet
#Troubles
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Acquired
#Conceit
#Education
#Frivolity
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Ape
#Beast
#Like
#Ugly
#Us
We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Forget
#Our
#Pleasures
#Remember
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Been
#Others
#Value
#Will
#Yourself
The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Long Time
#Long
#Me
#Short
#Time
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Self
#Spirit
#True
#Will
#Win
We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Gods
#Men
#Must
#Universe
#Whole
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Creation
#Criticize
#Fault
#Finding
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Everyone
#Misfortune
#Right
#Sorry
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Divine
#Great
#Inspiration
#Without
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Character
#Him
#Man
#Most
#Own
It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Debt
#Man
#Nobility
#Owe
#Your
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Even
#Honorable
#Place
#Rank
#Reach
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Friends
#Goats
#Man
#Sheep
#Tell
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Freedom
#Inestimable
#Possession
#Value
Hatred is settled anger.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Anger
#Hatred
#Settled
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Defend
#Men
#Nothing
#Short
#Some
Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Everything
#God
#Next
#Nothing
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Great
#People
#Revenue
#Understand
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Man
#Money
#Old Man
#People
#Remember
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Best
#Custom
#Interpreter
#Law
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Free
#Man
#Me
#Nothing
#Sometimes
Empire and liberty.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Empire
#Liberty
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Misfortunes
#Others
#Quickly
#Shed
#Tear
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Body
#Eyes
#Like
#Place
#Sentinel
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Love
#Philosophy
#Simply
#Wisdom
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Majority
#Ought
#Power
#Republic
#Should
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Duty
#Fear
#Lasting
#Teacher
No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Binding
#Impossible
#Obligation
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Follow
#Knowledge
#Lame
#Results
#Study
#Universe
Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Even
#Nothing
#Say
#Write
#You
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Change
#Day
#Extinction
#Place
#Us
Nature abhors annihilation.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Abhors
#Annihilation
#Nature
Honor is the reward of virtue.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Honor
#Reward
#Virtue
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Better
#Desire
#Glory
#Man
#Praise
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Confidence
#Great
#Hope
#Mind
#Trust
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Admire
#Fortune
#My Own
#Never
#Own
No sane man will dance.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Dance
#Man
#Sane Man
#Sane
#Will
Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Consensus
#Marriage
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Doing
#Law
#Liberty
#Power
#Which
If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Belief
#Live
#Me
#Men
#Wish
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Body
#Health
#Impossible
#Mind
Never injure a friend, even in jest.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Even
#Friend
#Injure
#Jest
#Never
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Admission
#Denial
#Either
#Silence
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Live
#May
#Only
#Peace
#War
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Condemn
#Guilty
#Innocent
#Leave
#Rather
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Mine
#Thine
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
#Body
#Far
#Mind
#More
#Stronger
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Good
#Long
#Man
#Old Man
#Time
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Cannot
#Make
#Nothing
#Oratory
Ability without honor is useless.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Ability
#Honor
#Useless
#Without
Before beginning, plan carefully.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Before
#Beginning
#Carefully
#Plan
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Eat
#Live
#Thou
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Act
#Age
#Crown
#Life
#Old Age
#Old
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Go
#Guide
#Moderation
#Never
#Your
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Man
#Trust
#Truth
#Wise Man
#Wise
Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Being
#Death
#Human Being
#Human
#Only
#State
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Copy
#Everything
#Imitation
#Truth
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Ashamed
#Say
#Should
#Think
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Bear
#Great
#Habit
#Pain
#Power
#Us
Laws are silent in time of war.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
#Laws
#Silent
#Time
#War
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