Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

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The best interpreter of the law is custom.

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Life is short, but art lives forever.

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We all are imbued with the love of praise.

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Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]

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Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree.

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There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. [Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]

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Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook.

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

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Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

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Old age is by nature rather talkative.

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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.

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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

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An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

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Nature loves nothing solitary, and always reaches out to something, as a support, which ever in the sincerest friend is most delightful.

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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.

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

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It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

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