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“Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]”
Virtue Quotes Source: De Amicitia (XXVI)
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“The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]”
Virtue Quotes Source: Epistoloe Ad Fratrem (I, 1)
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“It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
[Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere,
velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]”
Virtue Quotes Source: Gratio Pro Lucio Cornelio Balbo (VI)
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“In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]”
Virtue Quotes Source: Oratio Pro Cnoeo Plancio (XXV)
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“Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and
moderation and reason.”
Virtue Quotes Source: Rhetorical Invention (bk. II, sc. LIII)
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“No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
[Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans,
voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]”
Bravery Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 2)
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“In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not
what you said or thought.
[Lat., Semper in fide quid senseris, non quid dixeris,
cogitandum.]”
Honor Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 13)
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“There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut
possit aut conetur rumpere.]”
Honor Quotes Source: In Verrem (II, 1, 16)
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“Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.”
Prudence Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 43)
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“I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
[Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]”
Prudence Quotes Source: De Oratore (III, 35)
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“Precaution is better than cure.
[Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]”
Prudence Quotes Source: De Oratore (III, 35)
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“Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but this evening?
[Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese
habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]”
Change Quotes Source: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (II, 228)
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“Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.
[Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.]”
Change Quotes Source: De Officiis (II, 1)
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“There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change
of circumstances and varieties of fortune.
[Lat., Nihil est aptius delectationem lectoris quam temporum
varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines.]”
Change Quotes Source: Epistles (V, 12)
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“No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his
mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta
sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]”
Change Quotes Source: Epistoloe ad Atticum (XVI, 7, 3)
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“Nature abhors annihilation.
[Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]”
Nature Quotes Source: De Finibus (V, 11, 3)
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“Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.
[Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natura quam illa quae arte perfecta
sunt.]”
Nature Quotes Source: De Natura Deorum (II, 34)
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“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.”
Youth Quotes Source: Cato; or, An Essay on Old Age
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“The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then
dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
[Lat., Prima commendiato proficiscitur a modestia tum pietate in
parentes, tum in suos benevolentia.]”
Youth Quotes Source: De Officiis (II, 13)
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“Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]”
Enemies Quotes Source: Epistoloe ad Atticum (X, 12a, sec. III)
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“Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the
same time.
[Lat., Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant.]”
Enemies Quotes Source: Oratio Pro Rege Deitaro (IX)
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“Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]”
Flattery Quotes Source: De Amicitia (XXIV)
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“Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a
revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most
certain wealth of all.
[Lat., Non esse cupidum, pecunia est; non esse emacem, vectigal
est; contentum vero suis rebus esse, maximae sunt, certissimaeque
divitiae.]”
Wealth Quotes Source: Paradoxa (6, 3)
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“I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help
humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker.
The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that
can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to
selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M
anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags
of Carnegie?”
Wealth Quotes Source: Paradoxa (6, 3)
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“In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and
arrogance.
[Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque
magno opere fugiamus.]”
Prosperity Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 26)
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