Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. [Українська] [Русский]
Cicero Quotes
To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
—Cicero
The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
—Cicero
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
—Cicero
The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
—Cicero
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
—Cicero
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
—Cicero
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
—Cicero
Freedom is participation in power.
—Cicero
I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
—Cicero
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
—Cicero
No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.
—Cicero