Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero, page 7
170 quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero - roman statesman
Also known as: Cicero.
Also called: Cicerone.
Was born on 03 jan 0106.
Died on 07 dec 0043, at -63 years old.
Died on 07 dec 0043, at -63 years old.
Origin country: Italy
Biography: Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about memory, life
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about judges, law, rest
The nobler a man is, the harder for him to suspect baseness in others.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about man
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about man
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about peace, war
The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about law
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about things
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about friendship, rules, word
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about safety, law, people
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about spirit, self-control, things
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about knowledge
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about nature, man
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about absurd, nothing
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about absurd, nothing
There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about nothing
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about god, fire, fire brigade, truth, life
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about revenge, war
