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To wonder at nothing when it h...

To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass.

Marcus Cicero 1236 quotes

Man's life is ruled by fortune...

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

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But if you should take the bon...

But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. If that statement is not clear, then you may understand how great is the power of friendship and of concord from a consideration of the results of enmity and disagreement. For what house is so strong, or what state so enduring that it cannot be utterly overthrown by animosities and division?

Marcus Cicero 1236 quotes

For if that last day does not ...

For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?

Marcus Cicero 1236 quotes

Democritus maintains that ther...

Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

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Let arms yield to the toga, le...

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

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The well-known old remark of C...

The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.

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For a courageous man cannot di...

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

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Who does not know history's fi...

Who does not know history's first law to be that an author must not dare to tell anything but the truth? And its second that he must make bold to tell the whole truth? That there must be no suggestion of partiality anywhere in his writings? Nor of malice?

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If the oarsmen of a fast-movin...

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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In fact the whole passion ordi...

In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply to it) is of such exceeding triviality that I see nothing that I think comparable with it.

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Nothing is so difficult to bel...

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

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The most evident difference be...

The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

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The gods attend to great matte...

The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.

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This seems to be advanced as t...

This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.

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What is impossible by the natu...

What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.

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Just what is the civil law? Wh...

Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.

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An innocent man, if accused, c...

An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

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When trying a case [the famous...

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire 'Who gained by it?' Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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No sensible man ever imputes i...

No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.

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