Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes - BrainyQuote

Roman - Statesman 106 BC - 43 BC

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gardening Library Everything

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thankful Gratitude Virtues

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Death Memory

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Shadow Glory Virtue

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship Happiness Joy

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Man Mistakes Idiot

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Own Enemy Luxury

A room without books is like a body without a soul. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

A room without books is like a body without a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Only Pleasures Greatest

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great Silence Conversation

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Always Born Ignorant

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom Walk More

More law, less justice. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

More law, less justice. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Legal Justice Law

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

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

Men Veterans Day Brave

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Experience Stupid Wise

The safety of the people shall be the highest law. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The safety of the people shall be the highest law. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Legal Law People

A home without books is a body without soul. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero

While there's life, there's hope. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

While there's life, there's hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Hope While

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

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

Argument Abuse Basis

The sinews of war are infinite money. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The sinews of war are infinite money. Marcus Tullius Cicero

War Money Infinite

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great Brevity Charm

The good of the people is the greatest law. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Good Law People

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship Love Beauty

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Truth Mind Nothing

A friend is, as it were, a second self. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

A friend is, as it were, a second self. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship Friend Self

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

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

War Peace Better

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Power Freedom Independence

A man of courage is also full of faith. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man of courage is also full of faith. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Faith Courage Man

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Memory Things Guardian

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Age Youth Old Age

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Fool Quality Own

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Best Peace Calm

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom Yourself Advice

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge Ignorant Prefer

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know. Marcus Tullius Cicero

I Am Know Ignorant

Peace is liberty in tranquillity. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace is liberty in tranquillity. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace Liberty Tranquillity

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

Glory Difficulty Greater

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature Fool Person

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing Absurd Said

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Weak Most Cause

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Law Live Everyone

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom Good Good And Evil

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature Man Children

To live is to think. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

To live is to think. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Live Think

Honor is the reward of virtue. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Honor Reward Virtue

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ashamed Say Think

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

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

Man Others Inferiority

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men Legal Justice

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education Food Mind

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Authority Want Teach

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education Glory Ability

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Friendship World

Whatever you do, do with all your might. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Whatever you do, do with all your might. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Your Whatever Might

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing Human Intentions

Sweet is the memory of past troubles. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sweet Past Memory

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Power Majority Should

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing Make Cannot

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Truth Copy Everything

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Justice Man Purpose

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