Quotes by Cicero, Marcus T.

"Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom."

Cicero, Marcus T. on philosophers and philosophy
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"A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others."

Cicero, Marcus T. on pity   

"Before beginning, plan carefully."

Cicero, Marcus T. on planning
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"In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures."

Cicero, Marcus T. on pleasure   

"Like associates with like."

Cicero, Marcus T. on association   

"We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names."

Cicero, Marcus T. on praise   

"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age."

Cicero, Marcus T. on prudence   

"Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense."

Cicero, Marcus T. on punishment   

"Reason should direct and appetite obey."

Cicero, Marcus T. on reason   

"Let reason govern desire."

Cicero, Marcus T. on reason   

"To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless."

Cicero, Marcus T. on reputation   

"As you have sown so shall you reap."

Cicero, Marcus T. on results
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"In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master."

Cicero, Marcus T. on servants   

"Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame."

Cicero, Marcus T. on shame   

"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."

Cicero, Marcus T. on silence
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"Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?"

Cicero, Marcus T. on sincerity   

"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness."

Cicero, Marcus T. on sorrow   

"There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow."

Cicero, Marcus T. on sorrow
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"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak."

Cicero, Marcus T. on speakers and speaking
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"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."

Cicero, Marcus T. on speakers and speaking   

"A good orator is pointed and impassioned."

Cicero, Marcus T. on speakers and speaking   

"There are more men ennobled by study than by nature."

Cicero, Marcus T. on studying   

"We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue."

Cicero, Marcus T. on action   

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

Cicero, Marcus T. on books - reading
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"Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator."

Cicero, Marcus T. on brevity   

"Brevity is a great charm of eloquence."

Cicero, Marcus T. on brevity   

"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."

Cicero, Marcus T. on character   

"Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God."

Cicero, Marcus T. on superstition   

"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity."

Cicero, Marcus T. on talkativeness   

"If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it."

Cicero, Marcus T. on thoughts and thinking   

"Thrift is of great revenue."

Cicero, Marcus T. on thrift   

"Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature."

Cicero, Marcus T. on time   

"In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy."

Cicero, Marcus T. on truth   

"You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself."

Cicero, Marcus T. on value   

"It is better to receive than to do injury."

Cicero, Marcus T. on vengeance   

"Victory is by nature insolent and haughty."

Cicero, Marcus T. on victory   

"Virtue is its own reward."

Cicero, Marcus T. on virtue   

"The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money."

Cicero, Marcus T. on war   

"There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act."

Cicero, Marcus T. on wickedness   

"A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion."

Cicero, Marcus T. on power