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Philosophical literature13 quotes
For it is commonly said: completed labors are pleasant. — Cicero · 45 BCLet the punishment match the offense. — Cicero · 43 BCThere are more disorders of the mind than of the body, and they are of a more dangerous nature. — Cicero · 45 BCFor of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture. — Cicero · 44 BCTo be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. — Cicero · 46 BCA friend is, as it were, a second self. — Cicero · 44 BCAll 13 quotes →Political speech3 quotes
Cui bono? — Cicero · 52 BCLaws are silent in time of war. — Cicero · 52 BCO tempora! O mores! — Cicero · 63 BCDrama1 quote
Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. — Cicero · 2000Drama (film)1 quote
Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. — Cicero · 2000Historical drama1 quote
Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. — Cicero · 2000Historical drama (film)1 quote
Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. — Cicero · 2000Political literature1 quote
For there is nothing that happens on earth that is more welcome to that supreme God who rules the whole universe than the institutions and congregations of men united by a sense of right, which are called states. — Cicero · 51 BC