Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes Part VII

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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The good of the people is the greatest law.
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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
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The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
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The more laws, the less justice.
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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
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The sinews of war are infinite money.
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The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
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