{"id":70282,"date":"2020-06-12T19:53:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=70282"},"modified":"2024-04-30T22:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:58:15","slug":"quotes-of-cicero","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-cicero\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Cicero"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/A761-281x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/A761-281x400.jpg 281w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/A761.jpg 491w\"                alt=\"Cicero\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"356\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/A761.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Cicero\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Cicero            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/cicero\/\">Cicero<\/a> (<em>Marcus Tullius Cicero<\/em>) he lived in the years 106-43 BCE. He was one of the largest, if not the greatest Roman speaker. The promoter of Greek philosophy and politician. Supporter of optimates. He came from an old equestrian family.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;If only it were as easy to find the truth as it is to detect the lie&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Utinam tam facile vera invenire possim quam falsa convincere]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Natura Deorum<\/em>, I.32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Valour abroad is of little use if there is not also wise counsel at home&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De officiis<\/em>, I.22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I have never understood avarice in old men. What could be more absurd than wanting to add more and more baggage to your journey as you draw nearer to its end?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Avaritia vero senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego; potest enim quicquam esse absurdius quam, quo viae minus restet, eo plus viatici quaerere? <\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>On Old Age<\/em><em>, <\/em>XVIII.66<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The health of the people should be the supreme law&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Salus publica suprema lex esto]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Leg.<\/em>, III.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Recall what marches in recent years our generals undertook in Italy through the fields and townships of Roman citizens! Then you will decide more easily on what you think is happening among foreign peoples. Do you believe that in recent years more cities were destroyed through the armed violence of your soldiers or more allied communities through their winter quarters?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Itinera, quae per hosce annos in Italia per agros atque oppida civium Romanorum nostri imperatores fecerint, recordamini: tum facilius statuetis, quid apud exteras nationes fieri existimetis. Utrum plures arbitramini per hosce annos militum vestrorum armis hostium urbes an hibernis sociorum civitates esse deletas?]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>On Pompey&#8217;s Command<\/em>, 38<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercennariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur; est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, I.150.42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Friends share everything&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Amicorum omnia sunt communia]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You have good reason to fear that the censor will deal harshly with me &#8211; for drinking water&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Cicero&#8217;s joke aimed at the censor Lucius Aurelius Cotta, in the company of friends, in 64 CE. Cicero, being thirsty, drank some water when the censor was known for his love of wine.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Plutarch, <em>Cicero<\/em>, 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nature has not brought us into the world to act as if we were created for play or jest, but rather for earnestness and for some more serious and important pursuits. We may, of course, indulge in sport and jest, but in the same way as we enjoy sleep or other relaxations, and only when we have satisfied the claims of our earnest, serious tasks&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: [<em>Neque enim ita generati a natura sumus, ut ad ludum et iocum facti esse videamur, ad severitatem potius et ad quaedam studia graviora atque maiora. ludo autem et ioco uti illo quidem licet, sed sicut somno et quietibus ceteris tum, cum gravibus seriisque rebus satis fecerimus<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>On Duties<\/em>, I.103<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;But certainly there is nothing better, or more excellent, or more beautiful than the world&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: [<em>Atqui certe nihil omnium rerum melius est mundo, nihil praestantius, nihil pulchrius, nec solum nihil est<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De natura deorum<\/em>, II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Problem requiring an Archimedes&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: [<em>\u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03b2\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f08\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03bc\u1f75\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd est<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: problem difficult to solve<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Ad Atticum<\/em>, 12, 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Arguments to be weighed, not counted&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Argumenta non numeranda, sed ponderanda sunt]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De oratore<\/em>, II, 76<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro Cluentio<\/em>, 53.146<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For not only is Fortune blind herself, but as a rule she even blinds those whom she has embraced&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: [<em>Non enim solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Amicitia<\/em>, 54<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The whole life of philosophers is the meditation of death&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: [<em>Tota philosophorum vita commentatio mortis est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanae Quaestiones,<\/em> II.30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Virtue is perfected reason&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[virtus est perfecta ratio]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De legibus<\/em>, I, 16, 45<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;To conceal is one thing; to be silent is another thing&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Aliud est celare, aliud tacere<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De officiis<\/em>, III, 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What he sees frequently causes him no astonishment even though he does not know how it happened. If something happens which he never saw before he considers it a portent&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Quod crebro videt non miratur, etiamsi cur fiat nescit. Quod ante non vidit, id si evenerit, ostentum esse censet<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Divinatione<\/em>, II. 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nothing can possibly seem expedient that is not morally right&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Quod honestum non est, id ne utile quidem<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, 78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A man&#8217;s own manner and character is what most becomes him&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Don&#8217;t look a gift horse in the mouth&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Epistulae ad Atticum<\/em>, 15, 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The greatest theater for virtue is conscience&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nullum theatrum virtuti conscientia maiorest<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanarum disputationum omnes<\/em>, I.64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The health of the people should be the supreme law&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Salus populi suprema lex<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Legibus<\/em>, III, III, VIII<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nothing is good, except what is honorable, nothing evil, except what is disgraceful&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nihil bonum nisi quod honestum, nihil malum nisi quod turpe<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Epistulae ad Atticum<\/em>, 10.4.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good men would prosper and bad men come to grief&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Bene bonis, male malis]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Natura Deorum<\/em>, III, 32, 80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Use is the best master&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Usus magister est optimus<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Oratore<\/em>, III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Parents are dear, children dear, relations, friends. But our country alone has embraced all the dearest ties of all&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnium caritates patria una complexa est<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, I, XVII<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Other I&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Alter ego<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Cicero described this way a friend, who in his opinion is &#8220;the greatest of all the gifts from the gods&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Amicitia<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;To commit the same error twice&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Bis ad eundem lapidem offendere<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Epistulae ad Familiares<\/em>, 10, 20, 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Philosophy is the art of life&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Ars est philosophia vitae<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De finibus, <\/em>III, 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Philosophy is the cultivation of the soul&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Cultura animi philosophia est<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanae Disputationes<\/em><em>, II, 5<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When to an excellent and admirable natural disposition there is added a certain system and training of education, then from that combination arises an extraordinary perfection of character&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Cum ad naturam eximiam et illustrem accessit ratio quaedam conformatioque doctrinae, tum illud nescio quid praeclarum ac singulare existere]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro Archia<\/em>, 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When they remain quiet, they actually approve of my conduct&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Cum quiescunt, probant<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Cicero&#8217;s words against Catilina about the assembled senators.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>In Catilinam, <\/em>I 21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The roots of stupidity are very deep&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hunger is the best cook&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Fames est optimus coquus]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hannibal at the gates&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Hannibal ad portas!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Philippicae<\/em> 1, 5, 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;History is life&#8217;s teacher&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Historia magistra vitae est<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Oratore<\/em>, II, 36<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;By what other voice, too, than that of the orator, is history, the witness of time, the light of truth, the life of memory, the directress of life, the herald of antiquity, committed to immortality?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Historia vero testis temporum, lux veritatis, vita memoriae, magistra vitae, nuntia vetustatis, qua voce alia nisi oratoris immortalitati commendatur?<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Oratore<\/em>, II, 36<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Names are hateful&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nomina sunt odiosa<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: names should not be mentioned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For it is not the written but natural law, that it is lawful to repel force with force&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Est enim ea non scripta, sed nata lex, quod vim vi repellere licet<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now? Do not the nightly guards placed on the Palatine Hill\u2014do not the watches posted throughout the city\u2014does not the alarm of the people, and the union of all good men\u2014does not the precaution taken of assembling the senate in this most defensible place\u2014do not the looks and countenances of this venerable body here present, have any effect upon you? Do you not feel that your plans are detected? Do you not see that your conspiracy is already arrested and rendered powerless by the knowledge which every one here possesses of it? What is there that you did last night, what the night before\u2014 where is it that you were\u2014who was there that you summoned to meet you\u2014what design was there which was adopted by you, with which you think that any one of us is unacquainted? Shame on the age and on its principles!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? Quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia? Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora voltusque moverunt? Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides? Quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, o mores!<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: first speech in the Roman Senate on October 8, 63 BCE.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>In Catilinam,<\/em> I, 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own&#8221;<\/li>\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Est proprium stultiti\u00e6 aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci suorum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanarum Disputationum<\/em>, III.30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am Roman citizen&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Civis Romanus sum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: by saying these words, a Roman citizen evaded the trial outside his home country.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>In Verrem<\/em> 5, 57, 147<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. Quid enim est aetas hominis, nisi ea memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Orator<\/em>, 120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Any man is liable to a mistake; but no one but a downright fool will persist in error&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>The Twelfth Philippic<\/em>, II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Excess of liberty either in nations or in individuals turns into an excess of servitude&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nimiaque illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Re Publica<\/em>, I 68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honourably and well&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Breve tempus aetis satis longum est ad bene honestumque vivendum<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Cato Maior De Senectute<\/em>, 70<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The one who suffers has a memory&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When they remain silent, they cry out&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Cum tacent, clamant<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: silence is more eloquent than speech.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>In Catilinam,<\/em> I, 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Therefore, true friendships are very hard to find among those whose time is spent in office or in business of a public kind. For where can you find a man so high-minded as to prefer his friend&#8217;s advancement to his own?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Amicitiae difficillimae reperiuntur in iis, qui in honoribus reque publica versantur. Ubi enim istum invenies, qui honorem amici anteponat suo?<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Laelius de amicitia<\/em>, 64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Surely nothing is more vital than the clear realization that we are born for justice&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nihil est profecto praestabilius, quam plane intellegi, nos ad iustitiam esse natos<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Legibus<\/em>, I.28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nothing blooms forever; generation succeeds generation&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nihil enim semper floret, aetas succedit aetati<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Philippics<\/em>, 11.39<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Not to be greedy is wealth&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Therefore, we do not use the proverbial &#8220;fire and water&#8221; on more occasions than we use friendship&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Itaque non aqua, non igni, ut aiunt, locis pluribus utimur quam amicitia<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Amicitia<\/em>, VI.22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There is nothing more unbearable than a fool who is prospering&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Indeed, no part of life, whether in public or in private affairs, abroad or at home, in your personal conduct or your social relations, can be free from the claims of duty&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nulla enim vitae pars neque publicis neque privatis neque forensibus neque domesticis in rebus, neque si tecum agas quid, neque si cum altero contrahas<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, I.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I never yet heard of an old man that forgot where he had hid his treasure&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Senectute<\/em>, 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo filosophorum<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Divinatione<\/em>, II, 58.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For not only is Fortune blind herself, but as a rule she even blinds those whom she has embraced&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Non enim solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos quos complexa est<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Amicitia<\/em>, 54<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;That no individual, or combination of individuals, should be allowed to become too powerful; that politics is a professon, not a pastime for dilettantes&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Cicero in book.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Robert Harris, <em>Dictator<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let arms yield to the toga, let the victor\u2019s laurel yield to the orator\u2019s tongue&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: let there be a peace<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De officiis<\/em>, I.22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let him drink or depart&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Aut bibat aut abeat!<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: wording emphasizing the nature of Roman banquets.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanae Disputationes<\/em><em>, <\/em>V, 41<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Never less alone than when alone&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Nunquam minus solus quam cum solus<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, III.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Cato Maior de Senectute<\/em>, 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Shame on the age and on its principles!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[O tempora! O mores!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>In Catilinam<\/em>, I, 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Abiit, evasit, excessit, erupit<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Cicero&#8217;s famous description of Catiline&#8217;s escape in the second Catiline oration.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>In Catilinam<\/em>, II, 1, 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A friend in need is a friend indeed&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: quoting Ennius.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Laelius de Amicitia<\/em>, 17, 64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The sinews of war, unlimited money&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nervi belli, pecunia infinita]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Philippics<\/em>, V, II, 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Indeed, all rules respecting it are obvious to common view; for who is ignorant that it is the first law in writing history, that the historian must not dare to tell any falsehood, and the next, that he must be bold enough to tell the whole truth? Also, that there must be no suspicion of partiality in his writings, or of personal animosity?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nam quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat? Deinde ne quid veri non audeat? Ne quae suspicio gratiae sit in scribendo? Ne quae simultatis?]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: knows as: &#8220;The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Oratore,<\/em> II.XV.62<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good for whom?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Cui bono (fuerit)?<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Roman judge Lucius Cassius Longinus recommended using this question when examining the cases.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro Milone, <\/em>12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Poets are born such, orators become such&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Poetae nascuntur, oratores fiunt<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro Archia, <\/em>8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A room without books is like a body without a soul&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Postea vero quam Tyrannio mihi libros disposuit, mens addita videtur meis aedibus<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: the sentence is known as the modern interpretation of Cicero&#8217;s text to Atticus: &#8220;Moreover, since Tyrannio has arranged my books for me, my house seems to have had a soul added to it&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Epistulae ad Atticum, <\/em>4.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A letter has no blushes&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Epistola (enim) non erubescit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Listy<\/em>, 5, 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Work hardens one against pain&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A friend is, as it were, a second self&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Friend is a second self&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Amicus est tamquam alter ego<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Epistulae ad familiares<\/em>, 7,5.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentium essa famem, potionis sitim<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum<\/em>, II. 28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Our country ought to be dearer to us than ourselves&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Decet cariorem esse patriam nobis quam nosmet ipsos<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Finibus<\/em>, 3.64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Habit is second nature&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Consuetudo (quasi) altera natura<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De finibus<\/em>, 5, 25, 74<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;From things to be carried old age draws away&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>A rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Cato Maior De senectute<\/em>, VI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Fear is not a long-term teacher of duty&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Timor, non diuturnus magister offici<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Philippicae<\/em>, 90.XXXVI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Philosophy is the art of life&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Ars est philosophia vitae<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum<\/em>, III 7, 26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Rich is the one who wishes no more than he has&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Dives est, cui tanta possesio est, ut nihil optet amplius<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Paradoxa Stoicorum<\/em>, 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In time of war the Muses fall silent&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Inter arma silent Musae]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro Milone<\/em>, IV.11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;W czasie wojny milcz\u0105 prawa&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Inter arma enim silent leges]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: later version of Cicero words.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro Milone<\/em>, IV.11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I see the wolf&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Video lupum<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;With oars and sails&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Remis velisque<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: with full speed.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanae Disputationes<\/em>, 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Choose who you love&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Take the sun out of the universe when they deprive life of friendship, than which we have from the immortal gods no better, no more delightful boon&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Solem enim e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vita tollunt, qua nihil a dis immortalibus melius habemus, nihil iucundius<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Amicitia<\/em>, 47<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;To kindle one fire by another&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Ab igne ignem<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De officiis<\/em>, 52<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Fight for altars and homes&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The crux (or puzzle) of critics&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[<em>Crux criticorum<\/em>]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Pro milone, <\/em>12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Life is brief, glory everlasting&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, 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