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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Change, Death, Dying
"Tusculanarum Disputationum". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 49), translated, 45 BC.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Good Life, Men, Evil

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men, Quality, Dignity

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
God, Superstitions

It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Mistake, Men, Thinking
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.48

It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Kindness, Men, Mind
"De Officiis". Book by Cicero, II. 14,

This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Thinking, Tyrants, Democracy
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Niall Rudd (2008). “The Republic and The Laws”, p.31, Oxford University Press

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friendship, World, Mankind
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1750). “Thoughts of Cicero: On the Following Subjects, Viz. I. Religion. II. Man. III. Conscience. IV. The Passions. V. Wisdom. VI. Probity. VII. Eloquence. VIII. Friendship. IX. Old Age. X. Death. XI. Scipio's Dream. XII. Miscellaneous Thoughts”, p.213

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Funny, Time, Men
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier Olivet, Alexander WISHART (1750). “Thoughts of Cicero, on the following subjects, viz. I. Religion, II. Man ... XII. Miscellaneous thoughts. Published in Latin and French by the Abbé d'Olivet; to which is now added, an English translation, with notes. [By Alexander Wishart.]”, p.239

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Giving, Advice, Suggestions

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Leadership, Persistence, Views
"Epistulae ad Familiares (Letters to Friends)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 9, Section 21), 62-43 BC.

Kindness is produced by kindness.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Kindness

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Love, Wisdom, Philosophy

Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Exercise, Age, Temperance
On Old Age X.34

The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosophy, Heart, Love Is

Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Writing, Editing, Mind

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Courage, Bravery, Spirit

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Discipline, Reason, Should
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.52

While the sick man has life, there is hope.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Hope, Men, Sick
"Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book IX, Chapter 10, Section 4), 68-43 BC.

While there's life, there's hope.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life, Hope, Latin
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1880). “The Life and Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero: Being a New Translation of the Letters Included in Mr. Watsons's Selection”

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Pay, Peter, Borrowing

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Sweet, Peace, War

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Greatness, Men, Guilty
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.42

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Eternity, Ageless, Eternal

Hatred is a settled anger.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Hatred
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1853). “The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero”, p.406

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