Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Anyone who has got a book collection and a garden wants for nothing.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

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Cicero, On Friendship, 44 B.C.

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Cicero, On Friendship, 44 B.C.

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Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

What a time! What a civilization!

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Reason should direct and appetite obey.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

When you have no basis of argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

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Cicero, Pro Milone

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Cicero, Pro Milone

Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio

Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

The freedom of poetic license.

Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio

Cicero, Orator

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

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Cicero, De Legibus

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Let the punishment match the offense.

Cicero, De Legibus

Cicero, De Amicitia

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

Cicero, De Amicitia

Cicero, De Amicitia

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Cicero, De Amicitia

Cicero, Philippics

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Cicero, Philippics

Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

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Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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