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52 Cicero Quotes & Sayings
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52 Cicero Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 3 January 106 BC. Assassinated: 7 December 43 BC |
Statesman
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Lawyer
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Philosopher
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There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.
Cicero
No one
So old
Think
May live
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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Cicero
Rashness
Belongs
To youth
Prudence
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It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.
Cicero
The character
A brave
Resolute man
Ruffed
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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
Cicero
Friendship
Prosperity brighter
Lightens adversity
Griefs
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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.
Cicero
Taken up
The search
Neglect
The needful
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No one can give you better advice than yourself.
Cicero
No one
Give you
Better advice
Yourself
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Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundaries
Cicero
Human life
Marked out
Defined limits
Old age
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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Cicero
Natural ability
Without education
Often attained
Glory
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Ability without honor is useless.
Cicero
Ability
Without honor
Is useless
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Cicero
By muscle
Speed
Physical dexterity
Great things
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The more laws, the less justice.
Cicero
More laws
Less justice
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Cicero
Time destroys
The speculation
Men
Confirms nature
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Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.
Cicero
Old age
An honored
Great authority
More value
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What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?
Cicero
What greater
Better gift
We offer
The republic
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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.
Cicero
The soul
In sleep
Gives proof
Divine nature
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By doubting we come at truth.
Cicero
By doubting
We come
At truth
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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
Cicero
Fear
Last teacher
Duty
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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of being some day a commander.
Cicero
The man
Who commands
Have obeyed
The past
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If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
Cicero
Pursue good
With labor
Passes away
Good remains
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Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.
Cicero
Crimes
Be measured
The issues
Event
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Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; the beasts, by nature.
Cicero
Wise men
Are instructed
By reason
Less understanding
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They condemn what they do not understand.
Cicero
They condemn
Not understand
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Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.
Cicero
So cement
Hold together
A society
Faith
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Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is.
Cicero
Men
Not realize
How great
Revenue economy
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I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Cicero
Never admire
Another's fortune
Became dissatisfied
My own
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The foundation of justice is good faith.
Cicero
The foundation
Justice
Good faith
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Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.
Cicero
Discover truth
As easily
Uncover falsehood
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Superstition is a senseless fear of God
Cicero
Superstition
Senseless fear
God
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
Cicero
Great
The power
Habit
Teaches us
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It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events
Cicero
Was ordained
The beginning
The world
Certain signs
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Before beginning, prepare carefully.
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Before beginning
Prepare carefully
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Cicero
A home
Without books
A body
Soul
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Disordered mind
Body
Soundness
Health
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We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race
Cicero
Were born
Unite
Fellow men
In community
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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
Cicero
One has
To use
Whatever
He does
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
Cicero
No confidence
Twice defeated
The race
Life
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Let reason govern desire,
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Let reason
Govern desire
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Hatred is settled anger.
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Hatred
Settled anger
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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Love
The attempt
Form
Friendship inspired
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Cicero
The authority
Who teach
An obstacle
To learn
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him
Cicero
Man's own
Manner
Character
Most become
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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.
Cicero
It shows
A brave
Resolute spirit
Agitated
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
Cicero
Peculiar quality
A fool
To perceive
The faults
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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
Cicero
The nature
Every person
To error
Fool perseveres
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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?
Cicero
Greater foolishness
The respect
You pay
People collectively
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Friends, though absent, are still present.
Cicero
Friends
Though absent
Still present
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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Cicero
Friendship
Only thing
The world
Concerning
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Life is nothing without friendship.
Cicero
Life
Nothing
Without friendship
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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk
Cicero
What sweetness
In life
Take away
Friendship
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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.
Cicero
Friendship
Make prosperity
Brighter
Lightens adversity
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