Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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• The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may…
• The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
• The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
• Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
• O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
• Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
• A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
• Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
• Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
• Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
• So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
• The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
• The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
• Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
• For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
• Thrift is of great revenue.
• People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
• Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
• Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
• When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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