Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Philosophical

“There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.”

Intention Wickedness

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Angry

“Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.”

War Revenge Defense

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Confident

“Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.”

Money Defeat

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Philosophical

“Probability is the very guide of life.”

Investing Statistics

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Philosophical

“Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.”

Men Ignorance Perplexed

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Wise

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

Inspirational Life

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Angry

“Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.”

Today Moral

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Thoughtful

“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 traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.”

Men Character Suits

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Angry

“Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)”

Political Investing Public Opinion

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Wise

“It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.”

Evil Democracy

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Angry

“What is permissible is not always honorable.”

Honorable

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Spiritual

“If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.”

Men Feelings Stars

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