Quotes by Cicero, Marcus T.

"Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune."

Cicero, Marcus T. on writers and writing   

"A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body."

Cicero, Marcus T. on youth   

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind."

Cicero, Marcus T. on youth   

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."

Cicero, Marcus T. on children
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"What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might."

Cicero, Marcus T. on commitment   

"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself."

Cicero, Marcus T. on confidence   

"The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion."

Cicero, Marcus T. on confidence   

"Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions."

Cicero, Marcus T. on congress   

"No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind."

Cicero, Marcus T. on consistency   

"No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good."

Cicero, Marcus T. on courage
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"It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances."

Cicero, Marcus T. on courage   

"A man of courage is also full of faith."

Cicero, Marcus T. on courage   

"Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another."

Cicero, Marcus T. on credit   

"They condemn what they do not understand."

Cicero, Marcus T. on criticism
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"He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself."

Cicero, Marcus T. on criticism
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"It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent."

Cicero, Marcus T. on curiosity   

"That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place."

Cicero, Marcus T. on death
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"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

Cicero, Marcus T. on death
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"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt, the mobs should be forced to work and not depend on government for subsistence. "

Cicero, Marcus T. on uncategorised
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"The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust. "

Cicero, Marcus T. on uncategorised   

"For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture. "

Cicero, Marcus T. on uncategorised   

"I am a Roman citizen. "

Cicero, Marcus T. on uncategorised   

"As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death. "

Cicero, Marcus T. on uncategorised   

"True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrong-doing by its prohibitions. And it does not lay its commands or prohibitions upon good men in vain, though neither have any effect on the wicked. It is a sin to try to to [sic] alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely. We cannot be freed from its obligations by senate or people, and we need not look outside ourselves for an expounder or interpreter of it. And there will not be different laws at Rome and at Athens, or different laws now and in the future, but one eternal and unchangeable law will be valid for all nations and all times, and there will be one master and ruler, that is, God, over us all, for he is the author of this law, its promulgator, and its enforcing judge. Whoever is disobedient is fleeing from himself and denying his human nature, and by reason of this very fact he will suffer the worst penalties, even if he escapes what is commonly considered punishment. "

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