Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero - human dignity freedom

"Human dignity and freedom are our constant necessities. So, let us die with dignity"

—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:

Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;

Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;

Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;

Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;

Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;

Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“In times of war, the law falls silent.

Silent enim leges inter arma”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

latin breathe hope

“Dum Spiro, spero- As long as I breathe, I hope.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

politician born excrete

“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere.

(No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.)”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

dignity honesty

“Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Omnia mea mecum porto.”

("I carry all my things with me")

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Endless money forms the sinews of war.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)

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“Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)