Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes

“I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. Marcus Tullius Cicero ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“True nobility is exempt from fear. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“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.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Nature abhors annihilation.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“To live is to think.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“No one can give you better advice than yourself. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Honor is the reward of virtue.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Sweet is the memory of past troubles.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero