Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Biography: Marcus Tullius Cicero was a renowned Roman orator, statesman, and phil... more Biography: Marcus Tullius Cicero was a renowned Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher. Born in 106 BC, Cicero is celebrated for his speeches, extensive writings on rhetoric, and his influence on Latin prose. He played a crucial role in the politics of the late Roman Republic, advocating for the Republic's principles against rising autocratic powers. less

"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief""Virtue is its own reward""The sinews of war are infinite money""The life given us by nature is short but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal""If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need""The welfare of the people is the ultimate law""To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child""Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others""The safety of the people shall be the highest law""Our character is not so much the result of discipline as a repeated exercise in consistent and principle-centered planning.""The beginnings of all things are small""The wise man is always similar to himself""The greater the state, the more wrong and injustice it commits""The more laws, the less justice""Brevity is the soul of command""For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?""It is not enough to possess wisdom; it should be used.""The sinews of war are infinite money.""To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one's self to die.""He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect."

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