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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wise, Wisdom, Philosophical
"The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order".

Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wisdom, Passion, Way
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.114

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wisdom, Knowledge, Justice

A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wisdom, Law, Politics

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Love, Wisdom, Philosophy

Freedom is participation in power.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wisdom, Democracy, Politics

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wisdom, Understanding, Enjoy

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

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