Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 2

• Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Positive, Art, Silence

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• When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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  Philosophical, Law, Abuse

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• There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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  Reading, Heart, Law

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• The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

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  Love, Life, Family

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1975). “De officiis”, Loeb Classical Library

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• Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

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  Thank You, Time, Children

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• The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

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  Two, Way, Violence

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• A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

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  Men, Joy, Heaven

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• If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

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  Thinking, Feelings, Wish

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• People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!

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  Gratitude, People, Support

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• Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

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  War, Hero, Honor

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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.

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  Character, Reflection, Words Of Wisdom

  On Old Age VI (transl. W. A. Falconer)

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• I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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  Opinion, Glory

  Cicero,, Marcus Tullius Cicero, D.H. Berry (2009). “Political Speeches”, p.167, Oxford University Press

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• Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

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  Today, Riches, Moral

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

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  Children, Life And Love, Philosophical

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1962). “Brutus”, Loeb Classical Library

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• The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.

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  Memories, Love You, Heart

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• We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.

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  Mean, Doe, Should

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• Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

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  Hype, Obscure, Intention

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• If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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  Respect, Courage, Adversity

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• Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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• More laws, less justice.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Law, Justice, Liberty

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• Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

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  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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• If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

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  Education, Teacher, Letters

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• A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

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  Tyrants, Ambitious, Fool

  Speaking to the Roman Senate, as recorded by Sallust in The Catiline War (c. 40 b.c.). This quotation is a favorite of CIA counterintelligence officers.

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• Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Latin, Law, People

  "De Legibus (On the Laws)" book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book III, section 3),

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