Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

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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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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.

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The best interpreter of the law is custom.

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The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

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

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That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

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I am a Roman citizen.

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If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

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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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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

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Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

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Old age is by nature rather talkative.

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