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Dum Spiro, spero
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know. [Lat., Non me pudet fateri ...
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Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed. [Lat., I...
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Hell is paved with good intentions.
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From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae...
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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. [Lat., Homines ad d...
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Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science) [Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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In the approach to virtue there are many steps. [Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
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It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower ...
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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim...
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Honor is the reward of virtue. [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
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That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, b...
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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut...
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There are no true friends in politics.
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Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]
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Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art. [Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natu...
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I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands ...
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Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our ow...
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The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then aff...
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Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it. [Lat., Nam non...
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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. ...
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Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., J...
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Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]
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Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]
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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversu...
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The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. [Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi ...
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To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam pon...
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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be ...
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There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and wo...
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You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.
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A friend is, as it were, a second self. [Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse,...
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Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. [Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabu...
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Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. [Lat., Pereant amici, du...
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Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
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It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present m...
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. ...
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The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. [Lat., Abores ser...
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No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy. [Lat., Nemo doctus un...
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At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.
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Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio,...
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By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
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Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered; nothing more readily received; noth...
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the hi...
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First things first, second things never.
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The beginnings of all things are small. [Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa du...
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The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejud...
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That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that he was ever less alone than when a...
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do with all his might. [Lat., Quod...
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What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat....
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Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already...
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negoti...
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No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unq...
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Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
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Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.
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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est...
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Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]
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But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of natu...
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The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perni...
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Unraveling the web of Penelope. [Lat., Penelopae telam retexens.]
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He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men. [Lat.,...
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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. [Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]
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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not s...
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an o...
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His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
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Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue. [Lat., Vol...
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Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook....
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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. [Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus...
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These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and ...
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It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. [Lat., Ut adver...
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In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperi...
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By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the c...
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Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best me...
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It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.
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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerce...
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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes. ...
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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobr...
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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. [Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own. [La...
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Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.] [Lat., Ea moles...
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Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id et...
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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promot...
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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality. [Lat., Nemo unquam ...
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In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. [Lat., Causarum ignorati...
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Habit is, as it were, a second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]
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All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connect as it were by some...
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge...
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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. [Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicent...
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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieti...
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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening? ...
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Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia liberta...
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As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap. [Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]
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