Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Biography : Roman politician and lawyer.
Born: -106 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
2nd century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Italy

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Quotes

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De oratore /

Any man can make mistakes.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Philippicae /

Any man can make mistakes.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ad Familiares, Letter IV to Varro /

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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The art of living well, is of all the arts the greatest.
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Philosophy is the culture of the soul.
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A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter.
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friendship

Justice seeks no reward.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De legibus /

Justice

Justice seeks no reward.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.
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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.
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The beginnings of all things are small.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De finibus bonorum et malorum /

They became wise too late.
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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
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In time of war the laws are silent.
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To light a fire with fire.
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Nature is the best guide of a good life.
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Let your desires be governed by reason.
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Philosophy is true mother of the arts.
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Our thoughts are free.
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It is pleasant to think of labours that are past.
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To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
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O philosophy, life’s guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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.
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youth

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
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Thrift is of great revenue.
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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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