Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

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An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

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Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

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To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

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Hatred is settled anger.

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

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Virtue is its own reward.

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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

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Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.

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