Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief””

“For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.””

“Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.””

“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.””

“Dum Spiro, spero””

“While there's life, there's hope.””

“For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.””

“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.””

“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.””

“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.””

“To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.””

“The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.””

“The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.””