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Ancient Roman Politician Inspirational Quotes (790)

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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Cato the Elder
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He has no worse enemy than himself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Do nothing twice over.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
Sallust
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Who does not know history's first law to be that an author must not dare to tell anything but the truth? And its second that he must make bold to tell the whole truth? That there must be no suggestion of partiality anywhere in his writings? Nor of malice?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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To live long it is necessary to live slowly.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
Sallust
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Sallust
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It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The life given us, by nature is short but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. ... It will not lay down one rule at Rome and another at Athens, nor will it be one rule today and another tomorrow. But there will be one law eternal and unchangeable binding all times and upon all peoples.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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