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  • The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

    Respect  
  • But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

    "De Officiis".
  • To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

  • A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt,Oratio Pro Cnæo Plancio, XXXIII, p. 336-37, 1922.
  • The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

  • Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

  • If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

  • When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future: when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries hence arising,--I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.

  • Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

  • The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

    "Epistles". VI. 3,
  • If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]

  • There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune.

    "Epistles", V. 12, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 93-96,
  • If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.2431, Delphi Classics
  • Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

  • All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union, and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another.

  • It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.

    On Old Age XI.35
  • True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

  • For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Duke Yonge (1853). “The Treatises of M.T. Cicero: On the Nature of the Gods; On Divination; On Fate; On the Republic; On the Laws; and On Standing for the Consulship”, p.417, London : H.G. Bohn
  • The real friend is another self.

  • We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

  • The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

    Epistolae ad atticum Book IX, Section 5
  • Hatred is a settled anger.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (1853). “The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero”, p.406
  • Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

  • When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

    Mind  
  • According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

  • There is not a moment without some duty.

  • We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

    "De Divinatione (On Divination)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book II, Chapter LII, Section 90), 44 BC.
  • Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

  • No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]

  • Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

    "Epistles", IV. 3, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 242-43,
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