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Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes

Roman Statesman

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The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words. Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. Marcus Tullius Cicero
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living."
The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. 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: "While there's life, there's hope."
While there's life, there's hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? Marcus Tullius Cicero
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. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live..."
Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act."
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration."
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those..."
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our... Marcus Tullius Cicero
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Marcus Tullius Cicero

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