Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 8

• The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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  Inspirational, Should, Higher

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

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  Funny, Philosophical, Philosopher

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• Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

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  People, Blind, Fortune

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• Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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  Wisdom, Knowledge, Justice

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• He has no worse enemy than himself.

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  Men, Enemy

  "The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order".

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• There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

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  Strong, Castles, Security

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• This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

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  Truth, Fire, Sparks

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• Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

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  Power, Men, Causes

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• It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

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  Selfishness, Virtue, Difficult

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• He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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  Wish, Riches, Rich

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• The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

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  Life, Philosophical, Men

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• When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

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  Mind, Disease, Avarice

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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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• Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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  Grief, Sorrow, Opinion

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1886). “Tusculan Disputations ...”

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

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  Book, Passion, Beer

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• Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

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  Motivational, Friendship, Truth

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• A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

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  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt,Oratio Pro Cnæo Plancio, XXXIII, p. 336-37, 1922.

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• Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

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  Freedom, Philosophical, Men

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• Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Law

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• Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

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  Art, Teaching, Knowledge

  "De Legibus (On the Laws)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book II, Chapter 19), circa 52 BC.

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• The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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  Inspirational, Patience, Philosophical

  "Living Like Benjamin: Making Dreams Come True". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (p. 143), November 1, 2007.

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• What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

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  Honesty

  "Philippicae (Philippics)". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book II, Chapter 27), 44-43 BC.

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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 nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.

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  Knowledge, Mean, Sea

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• Ability without honor is useless.

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  Army, Honor, Useless

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