296 ordspråk av Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself
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When superstition goes, religion remains
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff
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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
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While there's life, there's hope.
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Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; the beasts, by nature.
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Without the hope of immortality no one would ever face death for his country
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Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood
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You can if you think you can.
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
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