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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Biography - Marcus Tullius Cicero:

Roman politician and lawyer.
Born: -106 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
2nd century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German, Latin)



French
L'action est le langage du corps, et ce langage doit se rapporter à celui de la pensée.

German
Die Handlung ist die Sprache des Körpers und soll mit dem Geist übereinstimmen.

Latin
Est enim actio quasi sermo corporis, quo magis menti congruens esse debet.




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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing.

To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

Philosophize, to think your life and to live your thoughts: for that is what philosophy is.

It is doubtless a fine harmony when doing and saying go together.

A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

In conversation one ought to follow closely what is being said; in the field of impulse to follow what is happening; in the latter case to see immediately what is the object of reference, in the former to mark closely the meaning expressed.




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Lucidity adds beauty to profound thoughts.





Chance gives thoughts, and chance takes them away.











Quotes for: body


Quotes

Quotes for: body


A healthy mind in a healthy body.





The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.





There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.





Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.





With most people the heart grows old with the body.





Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.











Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.











Quotes for: Language


Quotes

Quotes for: Language


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





The language of truth is simple.





Language is a source of misunderstanding.





Language is the house of the truth of Being.





Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.





Language serves not only to express thoughts, but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.











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Any man can make mistakes.





If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.





The art of living well, is of all the arts the greatest.





Philosophy is the culture of the soul.





A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter.





Justice seeks no reward.












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