Inspiring Quotes by Cicero - Page 2

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"Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends"

"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault"

"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason"

"Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law"

"For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others"

"No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone"

"Empire and liberty"

"Never injure a friend, even in jest"

"If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live"

"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age"

"The false is nothing but an imitation of the true"

"Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act"

"No obligation to do the impossible is binding"

"What is permissible is not always honorable"

"What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us"

"Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just"

"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"

"A man of courage is also full of faith"

"Hatred is inveterate anger"

"Brevity is a great charm of eloquence"

"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion"

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started"

"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"

"To live is to think"

"Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered"

"The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others"

"We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue"

"True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long"

"In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred"

"The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow"

"The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed"

"Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system"

"Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes"

"Hatred is settled anger"

"You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself"

"Before beginning, plan carefully"

"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself"

"A friend is, as it were, a second self"

"What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might"

"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?"

"As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved"

"All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief"

"A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him"

"According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another"

"What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?"

"Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature"

"Thrift is of great revenue"

"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either"

"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat"

"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust"

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