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Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes

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Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The good of the people is the greatest law."
The good of the people is the greatest law. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty."
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. Marcus Tullius Cicero
So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Dogs wait for us faithfully."
Dogs wait for us faithfully. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know; but whatever the time gives us in which we live, we should therefore be content. 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
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its..."
The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Salus populi suprema est lex [the good of the people is the..."
Salus populi suprema est lex [the good of the people is the chief law]. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and..."
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of..."
A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Laws are silent in time of war."
Laws are silent in time of war. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "In time of war the laws are silent."
In time of war the laws are silent. Marcus Tullius Cicero

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