Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes

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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
The highest good. [summum bonum.]
The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and wi ...
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 mu ...
Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion than by re ...
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
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