Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 12

• 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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  Book, Writing, Men

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• Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

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  Memories, Philosophical, Intriguing

  "On the Orator". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 5, 55 BCE.

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• It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

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  Real, Fire, Faithful

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• Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

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  Events, Certain, Forerunners

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• There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

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  Rewards, Action, Consciousness

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• The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

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  Past, Men, Animal

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• The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

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  Matter, Opinion, Absolutes

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• The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.

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  World, Riches, Frugality

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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.

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  Character, Men, Fire

  "Pro Roscio Comodeo". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Section 17), circa 76 BC.

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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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  Mistake, Men, May

  "Philippicæ", XII. 2; Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 787-90,

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• Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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  Men, Offense And Defense, Giving

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• 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.

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  Mind, Stronger, Body

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• Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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  Agriculture, Tree, Littles

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• Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.

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  Causes, Moments, Diligence

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.1770, Delphi Classics

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• It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

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  Citizens, Impossible, Murder

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• Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

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  Time, Stupid, Journey

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• For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

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  Book, Heart, Past

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• The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

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  Wise, Fool, Protection

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• When war is raging the laws are dumb.

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  War, Law, Dumb

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• It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

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  Men, Fortune

  "Tusculanarum Disputationum", LIX, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 289-93,

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• It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

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  Teacher, Citizens, Duty

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.1364, Delphi Classics

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• An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

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  Class, Brain, Want

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• No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

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  Strong, Weight, Enough

  "Cicero De Officiis".

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• The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

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  Purpose, Students, Purpose Of Education

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• No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

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  Pain, Thinking, Men

  "De Officiis (On Duties)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 2), 44 BC.

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