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Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
«I would rather err with Plato than think rightly with these (Pythagoreans)»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
err, Plato, Pythagoreans, rightly
«The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Historians,
Sincerity,
Truth
| Keywords:
historian, malice, moreover, partialities, partiality, Second law, second law of, suppress, suspicion, untruth, untruths
«As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Misery,
Past
| Keywords:
accomplishments, almost all, apparent, deprives, enjoyment, fourth, renders, Second Thoughts, the matter, withdraws
«Superstition is a senseless fear of God»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Fear,
God,
Senses,
Superstition
| Keywords:
Fear of God
«Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.»
«These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are»
«For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends»