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Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Sweet, Overcoming, Difficulty

It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Evil, Evil Thoughts, Madden

Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Justice, Remember, Prison
"De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book III, Chapter 15), 45 BC.

There is nothing god cannot do.

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Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

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Time, Reality, Men

The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

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Men, Law, Tree

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

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Eye, Mind, Faces

For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

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Life Is Short, Space, Long

Tomorrow will give us something to think about

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Thinking, Giving, Tomorrow
Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, D. R. Shackleton-Bailey (2004). “Cicero: Letters to Atticus: Volume 6”, p.91, Cambridge University Press

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

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Men, Wish, Atheism

Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.

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Crush, Competition, Advancement

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

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Men, Bravery, Soul
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1872). “The Academic Questions: Treatise De Finibus and Tusculan Disputations of M. R. Cicero, with a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero”, p.369

When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future: when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries hence arising,--I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.

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Art, Memories, Believe

Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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Patterns, Supervision, Wells
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier Olivet (abbé d') (1751). “Thoughts of Cicero, on the Following Subjects, Viz. I. Religion. II. Man ... XII. Miscellaneous Thoughts. First Published in Latin and French by the Abbé D'Olivet; and Now Translated Into English, with Notes [by Alexander Wishart].”, p.189

O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Time, Moral

There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

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Pain, Disease, Mortals

Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

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Adversity, Demand, Prosperity

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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Character, Study, Shame

When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

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Animal, Hands, History

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

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Country, Real, Share
"De Officiis Book I, section 22". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, October–November 44 BC.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men, Issues, Events
Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.2323, Delphi Classics

Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wise, Nature, Men

In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Inspiration, Men, Ignorant

Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Expectations, Anticipation, Please

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Mind, Able, Talent

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