Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.

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

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

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No one can give you better advice than yourself.

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

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There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

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Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

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For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

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No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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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 u...

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