Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes
Born
106 BC, Arpinum, Roman Republic.
Died
7 December 43 BC.
Occupation
Statesman, orator, lawyer, philosopher.
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, orator and philosopher.
Honor is the reward of virtue.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The sinews of war are infinite money.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
To live is to think.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws are silent in time of war.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
While there’s life, there’s hope.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero