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Wisdom Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

40 Wisdom quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life, Cicero observes, and he warns that traitors never earn trust. He draws a line between reason, which guides the wise, and experience, which guides the average. The quotes stress that wisdom helps us tell good from evil and that nature can make the wise rich.

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Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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Man must suffer to be wise.

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

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A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.

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Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

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The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to…

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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

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There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if…

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is…

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I know that it is likely that as worship of the gods declines, faith between men and all human society will disappear,…

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Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and…

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For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us…

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I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. .…

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Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your…

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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which…

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Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow feeling as to all things human and divine with mutual good-will and affection; and I…

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

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The wise man never loses his temper.

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Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

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Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

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For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.

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It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

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I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.

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Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and…

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History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.

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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

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