Values Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about values.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The first law of friendship is to ask of friends things that are honorable, and only do honorable things for them.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If we want to enjoy peace, we must keep our weapons well; if we lay down our arms, we will never have peace.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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To be free, one must be slaves to the law.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The things we say are always more sincere when our spirits are angry than when they are calm.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If we do good out of self-interest, we will be clever, but never good.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It is difficult to say how much courtesy and amiability reconcile human spirits when speaking.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Freedom only resides in states where the people have supreme power.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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There is nothing that humans try to preserve so much, nor manage so poorly, as their own life.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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In order to preserve freedom, death, which is the ultimate evil, should not be feared.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Honesty is always worthy of praise, even when it brings no utility, reward, or benefit.

Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great

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Brevity is the soul of wit. Speaking excessively suggests desperation on the part of the leader.