Cicero quotes - page 12

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. (Cicero)
Whatever you do, do with all your might. View quote
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. View quote
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Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God. View quote
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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 and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. View quote
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We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings. View quote
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Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything. View quote
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself. View quote
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Like associates with like. View quote
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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent. View quote
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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. (Cicero)
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. View quote
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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift? View quote
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If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live. View quote
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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal. View quote
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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. View quote
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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. View quote
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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. View quote
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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. View quote
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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred. View quote
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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. (Cicero)
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others. View quote
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Honor is the reward of virtue. View quote
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Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator. View quote
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Nature herself makes the wise man rich. View quote
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