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Ancient Roman Politician Inspirational Quotes (788)

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire Who gained by it? Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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All things are full of God.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.
Sallust
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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
Cato the Elder
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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Opinionum enim commenta delet dies naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men it confirms decisions founded on reality.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Greed is but a word jealous men inflict upon the ambitious.
Marcus Licinius Crassus
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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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