Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

In time of war the laws are silent.

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

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

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

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

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

A home without books is a body without soul.

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

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

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

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

The sinews of war are infinite money.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

The more laws, the less justice.

To live is to think.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.