Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - Page 9

• There are no true friends in politics.

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  True Friend, Politics, No True Friends

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• The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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  Agriculture, Tree, Fruit

  "Tusculanarum Disputationum". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 14), translated, 45 BC.

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• Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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  Work, Men, Leisure

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• Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God

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  Religious, Ideas, Mind

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• Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

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  Learning, Mind, Kind

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• The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

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  Eye, Soul, Portraits

  "On the Orator". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, III. 59, 55 BCE.

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• In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance.

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  Pride, Arrogance, Prosperity

  "De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44 B.C..

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• The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

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  Government, Administration, Guardianship

  Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cyrus R. Edmonds (1863). “Three Books of Offices; Or, Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on Old Age; Laelius, an Essay on Friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's Dream; and Letter to Quintus on the Duties of a Magistrate. Literally Translated, with Notes, Designed to Exhibit a Comparative View of the Opinions of Cicero, and Those of Modern Moralists and Ethical Philosophers”, p.44

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• We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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  Race, Unions, Fellowship

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• Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

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  Thinking

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• Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

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  Inspirational, Eye, Light

  Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier Olivet, Alexander WISHART (1750). “Thoughts of Cicero, on the following subjects, viz. I. Religion, II. Man ... XII. Miscellaneous thoughts. Published in Latin and French by the Abbé d'Olivet; to which is now added, an English translation, with notes. [By Alexander Wishart.]”, p.73

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• In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

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  Preparation, Matter, Made

  "De Officiis (On Duties)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 21), 44 BC.

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• Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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  Positive, Philosophical, Excess

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1899). “M. Tullii Ciceronis”

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• When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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  Children, Teaching, Science

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• A man has no enemy worse than himself.

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  Men, Enemy

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• Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.

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  Time, Nature, Science

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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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• Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

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  Philosophical, Charm, Brevity

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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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• There is no place more delightful than home.

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  Home, Home Home, Delightful

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• Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.

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  Men, Income, Realizing

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• I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

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  Talking, Folly, Uneducated

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• Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.

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  Truth, Lying, Mind

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• Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

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  Enjoyed

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• To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

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  Book, Giving, House

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