Quotes by Cicero

Quotes by Cicero



Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

To live is to think.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Friends are proved by adversity.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Life is nothing without friendship.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

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

As you have sown so shall you reap.

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Dogs wait for us faithfully.

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

Force overcome by force.

Ability without honor is useless.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Let the punishment match the offense.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

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

A room without a book is like a body without a soul.

It is a great thing to know our vices.

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.



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