Cicero quotes - page 16

It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events. (Cicero)
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. View quote
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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart. View quote
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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. View quote
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Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned. View quote
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Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition. View quote
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Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation. View quote
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We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink. View quote
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Kindness is produced by kindness. View quote
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To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business. View quote
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The spirit is the true self. (Cicero)
A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age. View quote
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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellowmen. View quote
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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. View quote
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The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion. View quote
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Victory is by nature insolent and haughty. View quote
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He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect. View quote
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There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the art. View quote
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves. View quote
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A man has no enemy worse than himself. View quote
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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. (Cicero)
Justice renders to every one his due. View quote
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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits. View quote
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They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper. View quote
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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. View quote
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Cicero

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Occupation: Roman Statesman
Born: 106 BC
Died: 43 BC
Quotes count: 490
Wikipedia: Cicero

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