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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.


Marcus Tullius Cicero

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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Hell is paved with good intentions.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae...
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science) [Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In the approach to virtue there are many steps. [Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Honor is the reward of virtue. [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, b...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There are no true friends in politics.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art. [Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our ow...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then aff...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it. [Lat., Nam non...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., J...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. [Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam pon...
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and wo...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) A friend is, as it were, a second self. [Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. [Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. [Lat., Pereant amici, du...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present m...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. [Lat., Abores ser...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy. [Lat., Nemo doctus un...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered; nothing more readily received; noth...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the hi...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) First things first, second things never.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The beginnings of all things are small. [Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa du...
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negoti...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unq...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. [Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.] [Lat., Ea moles...
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Habit is, as it were, a second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connect as it were by some...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. [Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicent...
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) A man of courage is also full of faith.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening? ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia liberta...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap. [Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., La...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory. [Lat., Tra...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered. [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est...
CICERO MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamen...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rec...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria al...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim e...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness. [Lat...
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is better to receive than to do an injury. [Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) A fool must now and then be right by chance.
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. [Lat., Imago animi...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Li...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he di...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) He used to raise a storm in a teapot. [Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo sp...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Nothing dries sooner than a tear. [Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is better to wear out than to rust out.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsiste...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. [Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evert...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori cr...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To-morrow will give some food for thought. [Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the prov...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec d...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinqu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues. [Lat., Pietas fundamentum est omnium...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. [Lat., Nullus est locus domestica sede ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood. [Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. [Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius mul...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negli...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst. [Lat., Socr...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. [Lat., Fit ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. [Lat., Nulla est ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. [Lat., Vita enim mortuorum in memoria ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. [Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e cus...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can not exist. [Lat., In animo pertur...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. [Lat., Animi cultus q...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Certain signs precede certain events. [Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent. [Lat., Adhue neminem cog...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) What's the good of it? for whose advantage? [Lat., Cui bono?]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos null...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art. [Lat., Aegri quia non omne...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Our country is the common parent of all. [Lat., Patria est communis omnium parens.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what inter...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO A letter does not blush.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it wi...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and ev...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who ...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, n...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO I am a Roman citizen.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO A room without books is like a body without a soul.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glo...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Ability without honor is useless.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to t...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Thrift is of great revenue.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by ...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO ...for until that God who rules all the region of the sky...has freed you from the fetters of your b...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
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