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Own Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
- For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
- It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
- The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
- I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
- Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must…
- Virtue is its own reward.
- Man is his own worst enemy.
- The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.
- Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow old in body,…
- We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the…
- The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
- Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
- The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.
- Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest…
- Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake.
- In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated…
- Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's…
- It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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