Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Money, Nothing, Cannot

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge, Study, Universe

An unjust peace is better than a just war.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

War, Peace, Unjust

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Others, Troubles, Tear

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great, Power, Pain

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men, Live, Brave

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Past, Sweet, Memory

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Age, Old, Blessing

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Him, Others, Harder

Ability without honor is useless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Honor, Ability, Useless

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cannot, Realize, Large

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friends, Sake, Perform

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Power, Law, Liberty

Thrift is of great revenue.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great, Thrift, Revenue

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Character, Him, Manner

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace, War, Live

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Silence, Denial, Though

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Abuse, Argument, Basis

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friends, Tell, Sheep

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life, Age, Play

No one can give you better advice than yourself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Yourself, Give, Advice

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

True, Nothing, False

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Greater, Glory, Difficulty

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Statesman

Born: 106 BC

Died: 43 BC

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