Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

1K quotes · Politician, Philosopher, Orator

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Philosophical

“Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.”

Giving Warrior Yield

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Courageous

“When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.”

Needs Might Resistance

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Philosophical

“Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.”

People Law

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Inspired

“No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.”

Sorry Philosophical

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Regretful

“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 by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.”

Men Names Rights

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Wise

“It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.”

Thinking Men Mistake

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Wise

“Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.”

Sound Influence

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Wise

“I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.”

Drink Hunger

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Angry

“It is better to receive than to do injury.”

Injury

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Philosophical

“Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.”

Science Nature

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Angry

“Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.”

Hurt Enemy

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Confident

“Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.”

Men Practice

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