Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Roman - Statesman | 106 BC - 43 BC

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

EducationFoodMindBodyNecessary

A man of courage is also full of faith.

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FaithCourageManFullAlso

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

MarriageConsensus

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

JusticeMenLegalGivingDoingThem

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

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WeakMostCauseVehement

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

AdmireMy OwnNeverOwnFortune

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

MemoryYouNothingOutSomething

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

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TruthCopyEverythingImitation

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

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MoreThanThoseFearedOpenlyVowed

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

MeaningKnowForceLawsFullGrasp

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

LifeTruthFireHimReturnCreator

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

GodFoodSoulReligionWorldBody

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