Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
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True nobility is exempt from fear.
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What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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Hatred is settled anger.
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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
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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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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
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A friend is, as it were, a second self.