Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it."

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

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Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

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It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.

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To live long, live slowly.

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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.

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For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

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Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

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He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

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War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

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For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

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Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

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No sober person dances.

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Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?

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