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Cicero Quotes

The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it Picture Quote #1

Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; and beasts, by nature Picture Quote #1

They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend Picture Quote #1

It is peculiarly a fool’s habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own Picture Quote #1

A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy Picture Quote #1

It is a man’s own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked Picture Quote #1

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The stolen and perverted writings of Homer and Ovid, of Plato and Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up by artifice against the sublime of the bible Picture Quote #1

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man Picture Quote #1

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books Picture Quote #1

Cicero calls gratitude the mother of virtues the most capital of all duties, and uses the words grateful and good as synonymous terms, inseparably united in the same character Picture Quote #1

There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, cicero by... Swaying their passions. The influence of the one perished; that of the other continues to this day Picture Quote #1

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden Picture Quote #1

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Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone’s Laws of England, or Cicero, or the language of the Founding Fathers, better than he did Picture Quote #1

Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society Picture Quote #1

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The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it (Cicero Quotes) Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; and beasts, by nature (Cicero Quotes) They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend (Cicero Quotes) It is peculiarly a fool’s habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own (Cicero Quotes) A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy (Cicero Quotes) It is a man’s own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked (Cicero Quotes) The stolen and perverted writings of Homer and Ovid, of Plato and Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up by artifice against the sublime of the bible (Cicero Quotes) Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man (Cicero Quotes) Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books (Cicero Quotes) Cicero calls gratitude the mother of virtues the most capital of all duties, and uses the words grateful and good as synonymous terms, inseparably united in the same character (Cicero Quotes) There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, cicero by... Swaying their passions. The influence of the one perished; that of the other continues to this day (Cicero Quotes) I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden (Cicero Quotes) Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone’s Laws of England, or Cicero, or the language of the Founding Fathers, better than he did. (Cicero Quotes) Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society. (Cicero Quotes)

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