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"52 Cicero Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 3 January 106 BC. Assassinated: 7 December 43 BC | Statesman | Lawyer | Philosopher |

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

No one So old Think May live
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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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.

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.

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.

Taken up The search Neglect The needful
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No one can give you better advice than yourself.

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

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.

Natural ability Without education Often attained Glory
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Ability without honor is useless.

Ability Without honor Is useless
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment
By muscle Speed Physical dexterity Great things
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The more laws, the less justice.

More laws Less justice
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

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.

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?

What greater Better gift We offer The republic
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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

The soul In sleep Gives proof Divine nature
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By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting We come At truth
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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wise men Are instructed By reason Less understanding
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They condemn what they do not understand.

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.

So cement Hold together A society Faith
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Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is.

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.

Never admire Another's fortune Became dissatisfied My own
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The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation Justice Good faith
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Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

Discover truth As easily Uncover falsehood
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Superstition is a senseless fear of God

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.

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

Was ordained The beginning The world Certain signs
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Before beginning, prepare carefully.

Before beginning Prepare carefully
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A home without books is a body without soul.
A home Without books A body Soul
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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
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

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.

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.

No confidence Twice defeated The race Life
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Let reason govern desire,

Let reason Govern desire
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Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred Settled anger
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

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.

The authority Who teach An obstacle To learn
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him

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.

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.

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.

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?

Greater foolishness The respect You pay People collectively
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Friends, though absent, are still present.

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.

Friendship Only thing The world Concerning
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Life is nothing without friendship.

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

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.

Friendship Make prosperity Brighter Lightens adversity
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Cicero Quotes & Sayings