Quotes by Cicero

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  • This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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  • Our thoughts are free.
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  • The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct.
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  • Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
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  • They sicken of the calm that know the storm.
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  • Let the punishment match the offense.
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  • The only "ism" Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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  • The more laws, the less justice.
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  • The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
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  • A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.
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  • Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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  • Reason should direct and appetite obey.
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  • All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.
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  • If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
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  • Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
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  • Strain every nerve to gain your point.
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  • No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
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  • We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
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  • You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.
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  • The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
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  • The two most beautiful words in the English language are ``check enclosed.''
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  • Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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  • Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.
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  • Let your desires be ruled by reason.
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  • In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
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