| 169 Famous Quotes by Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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“Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?
[Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]”
Gods Quotes Source: In Catilinam (I, 4)
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“What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]”
Education Quotes Source: De Divinatione (II, 2)
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“Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]”
Learning Quotes Source: adapted from "Acad. Quaest.", 4, 41
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“Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]”
Evil Quotes Source: De Officiis (bk. III, 1)
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“Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it
becomes stronger.
[Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit
pleurumque robustius.]”
Evil Quotes Source: Philippicoe (V, 11)
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“Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain
art in teaching it.
[Lat., Nam non solum scire aliquid, artis est, sed quaedam ars
etiam docendi.]”
Knowledge Quotes Source: De Legibus (II, 19)
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“Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]”
Punishment Quotes Source: De Legibus (bk. III, 20)
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“Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]”
Punishment Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 23)
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“The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]”
Eyes Quotes Source: De Natura Deorum (bk. II, 56)
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“What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
[Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]”
Possession Quotes Source: Philippicoe (II, 27)
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“Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas
partiens communicansque leviores.]”
Friendship Quotes Source: De Amicitia (VI)
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“It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]”
Friendship Quotes Source: De Amicitia (XIX)
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“His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]”
Deeds Quotes Source: De Finibus (bk. II, 30)
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“A man of courage is also full of faith.”
Courage Quotes Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (bk. III, ch. VIII), (Yonge's translation)
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“Never forget that no military leader has ever become great
without audacity.”
Courage Quotes Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (bk. III, ch. VIII), (Yonge's translation)
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“This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the opposite.
[Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari
bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]”
Goodness Quotes Source: De Amicitia (XIII)
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“Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem
hominibus dando.]”
Goodness Quotes Source: Oratio Pro Quinto Ligario (XII)
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“What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]”
Goodness Quotes Source: Oratio Pro Sextio Roscio Amerino (XXX), quoted from Lucius Cassius' "Second Philippic"
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“When they hold their tongues they cry out.
[Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]”
Silence Quotes Source: In Catilinam (1, 8)
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“At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.”
Comparisons Quotes Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (bk. III, div. 18), (Yonge's translation)
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“Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]”
Comparisons Quotes Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (bk. III, div. 18), (Yonge's translation)
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“Justice renders to every one his due.
[Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]”
Justice Quotes Source: De Legibus (I, 15)
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“Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]”
Justice Quotes Source: De Legibus (I, 18)
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“Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
[Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse
servandam.]”
Justice Quotes Source: De Natura Deorum (III, 15)
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“Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
[Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]”
Justice Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 10)
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