Author of quotes: Marcus Tullius Cicero
The origin of the soul cannot be found on earth. There is nothing mixed in it, nothing composite, nothing that could come from the earth, nothing that could be subordinated to a special form. You do not notice any of the natural properties of water, air or fire in it. Is there anything in these elements that has memory, intelligence, thought, preserves the past, anticipates the future and embraces the present? No; these qualities are divine; they could only be invested in a person by a deity. That which uses feeling, will, life is heavenly, divine and, therefore, eternal. Can we understand the gods otherwise than as simple beings, free, devoid of any transitory admixture, understanding everything, imparting movement to everything and spontaneously manifesting eternal activity?
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MegaMozg 14-11-2023 / 13:27
Friendship is possible only between honest people.
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Viker 31-10-2023 / 12:08
The highest good is achieved on the basis of complete physical and mental health.
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Viker 31-10-2023 / 12:08
If a person throws a spear at a target all day, he will eventually hit it.
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Viker 31-10-2023 / 12:08
The slave dreams not of his freedom, but of his slaves.
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Viker 31-10-2023 / 11:38
When punishing, one should especially beware of anger. If your heart is outraged, then how, in imposing punishment, will you keep the golden mean between excessive severity and excessive mercy? By all means, anger must be eliminated. Happy are the rulers of a state if, like laws, they arm themselves against crime only in the name of justice and never out of anger.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 10:53
People who conform to the interests of one part of the citizens and neglect the interests of another part bring the worst of evils into the state - discord and indignation.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 10:53
There is courage, which is manifested only in the close circle of the home environment, it is not inferior to military prowess. Moreover, it requires even more effort and more effort.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 10:53
Many people by nature are far from generous, but, prompted by vanity, they do everything to appear generous: out of arrogance and, as it were, out of their evil nature, they shower generosity. This hypocrisy has much more to do with childish vanity than with noble and virtuous feelings.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:09
There is nothing more in harmony with human nature than charity; but it must have its own laws. We must beware that our good deeds do not injure others and do harm to those whom we wish to benefit; that our generosity should not exceed our means, and that our gift should correspond to the merit of those who receive it: for this is the basis of justice, to which all our actions must obey.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:09
Satisfying only the letter of the oath, we circumvent it, but do not keep it. Freed from words, we can still remain bound by the essence of things. When it comes to keeping your promise, pay attention to what you thought, not what you said.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:08
You can fight in two ways: arguments and force. The first is for people, the second for animals. One should not resort to the second while there is hope of achieving success with the first. One can wage war only in order to live in peace without fear of becoming a victim of injustice.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:08
We are carried away by some kind of passion for knowledge and understanding. It seems to us most beautiful to shine with our knowledge: we are ashamed to make mistakes, to fall into error, to be in ignorance, to be deceived.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:08
Apparently, it is natural for a person to seek, to investigate the truth. If we are not busy with urgent matters, not absorbed in heavy worries, nothing excites us to such an extent as the desire to see, hear, comprehend what we do not yet know. Then we consider it necessary for our happiness to know miracles, of which nature seems to have made a secret for us. Indeed, there is nothing more befitting to man than truth in all its purity, in all its simplicity.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:08
Honor lies in its observance, shame in its neglect.
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Viker 20-06-2023 / 09:08
