Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Roman - Statesman 106 BC - 43 BC

To live is to think.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Live Think

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Death Memory Dead

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Silence Great Conversation Arts

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gardening Library You Garden Need

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Eyes Soul Portrait Intentions

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude Thankful Parent Only

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

People Legal Law Safety Shall

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Man Mistakes Idiot Only

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship Happiness Grief Joy

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 Friend True Friend

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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 Human

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

You Your Whatever Might

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom Walk More Higher

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Age Old Age Crown

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Character Great Reflection Speed

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Never Your Go Moderation Guide

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Memory Things Guardian All Things

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship Words Sympathy Trying

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wise Experience Stupid Reason

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Shadow Glory Virtue Were Follows

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 More Than

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great Charm Brevity Eloquence

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Silence Admission Denial Either

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Live Men Brave Hearts Veterans Day

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship Friend Self Second

While there's life, there's hope.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life Hope While

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