Roman - Statesman | 106 BC - 43 BC
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Whatever you do, do with all your might.
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A letter does not blush.
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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
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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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What is permissible is not always honorable.
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.
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The best interpreter of the law is custom.
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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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