Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Inspirational
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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A man of courage is also full of faith.
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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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No sane man will dance.
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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it."
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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
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Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
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If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.
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There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
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The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
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Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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Virtue is its own reward.
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This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.
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