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Wise Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
- The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
- Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
- I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
- For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
- We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.
- Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
- A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
- The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
- The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.
- 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…
- No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.
- Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the…
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