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Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes about men

Roman Statesman

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My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute. Marcus Tullius Cicero
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature."
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "There are more men ennobled by study than by nature."
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature. Marcus Tullius Cicero
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to..."
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal. Marcus Tullius Cicero
In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of..."
We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct..."
I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows..."
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving..."
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. Marcus Tullius Cicero

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