Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman and writer
Lived from: 106 - 43
Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary)
Quotes 121 till 140 of 141.
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To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
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Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.
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Virtue is its own reward.
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We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
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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.
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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
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What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
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Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
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Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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While there's life, there's hope.
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You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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