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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men, Relaxation, Doe
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero on Oratory and Orators: With His Letters to Quintus and Brutus”, p.227

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men, Every Man

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Matter, Opinion, Absolutes

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men, Offense And Defense, Giving

Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Agriculture, Tree, Littles

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Book, Writing, Men

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Teacher, Citizens, Duty
Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.1364, Delphi Classics

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Memories, Philosophical, Intriguing
"On the Orator". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 5, 55 BCE.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Book, Heart, Past

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
Leadership, Character, Past

The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Past, Men, Animal

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Character, Men, Fire
"Pro Roscio Comodeo". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Section 17), circa 76 BC.

Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men, Annoyed, Suffering
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Epistolæ Ad Fratrem, I. 1, p. 265-67, 1922.

The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
World, Riches, Frugality

No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Strong, Weight, Enough
"Cicero De Officiis".

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Character, Men, Honor

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Freedom, Philosophical, Men

The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Justice, Suffering, Foundation

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Pain, Thinking, Men
"De Officiis (On Duties)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 2), 44 BC.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Mind, Stronger, Body

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Mistake, Men, May
"Philippicæ", XII. 2; Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 787-90,

It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Citizens, Impossible, Murder

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Time, Stupid, Journey

All great men are partially inspired.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Greatness, Men, Inspired

He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wish, Riches, Rich

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