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He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave.

He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Slavery, Sometimes, Should
"Oratio Pro Rege Deiotaro", XI, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 715-16,

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Economy, Revenue, Purchasers

The forehead is the gate of the mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Mind, Foreheads, Gates
"Oratio De Provinciis Consularibus", XI, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 513-16,

Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Age, Inhumanity

That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Favour, Gang, Refrain
"Philippics". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44 BC.

I know that it is likely that as worship of the gods declines, faith between men and all human society will disappear, as well as that most excellent of all virtues, which is justice.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wisdom, Men, Justice

What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Pain, Absence, Pleasure

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Love, Philosophical, Inspired

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosophy, Self, Study
"R.I.P.: Washington Phillips" by Lee Matalone, therumpus.net. June 9, 2015.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosopher, Absurd, Said
'De Divinatione' bk. 2, ch. 119

History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Teacher, Memories, Light
"On the Orator". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC.

Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Children, Knowledge, Born

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
War, Past, Remembrance

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Falsehood

The popular breeze - Aura popularis

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Auras, Popularity, Breeze

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Numbers, Weight, Regard

Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Change, Longing
"De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, V. 12, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 93-96, 44 B.C..

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Sleep, Giving, Soul

Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).

Marcus Tullius Cicero
War, Latin, Rome
Pro Milone ch. 11

What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Labor

There is no moment without some duty.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Moments, Duty

No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Grief

We are born poets. we become orators.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Poet, Born, Orators

The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Self, Spirit, Figures
Marcus Tullius Cicero (1928). “De Re Publica”

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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

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