Inspiring Quotes by Cicero - Page 3

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"The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory"

"The good of the people is the greatest law"

"Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything"

"Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live"

"Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?"

"No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration"

"Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom"

"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent"

"The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless"

"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity"

"I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors"

"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own"

"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness"

"In time of war the laws are silent"

"It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error"

"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide"

"Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth"

"Nature abhors annihilation"

"Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability"

"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"

"It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much"

"It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal"

"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable"

"Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty"

"Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so"

"For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends"

"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value"

"I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know"

"I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability"

"Honor is the reward of virtue"

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