96 quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“A friend is, as it were, a second self.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Thrift is of great revenue.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“A home without books is a body without soul.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“The more laws, the less justice.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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