41 Most Inspiring Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

“Your enemies can kill you but only your friends can hurt you.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Extreme justice is extreme injustice.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destroy one’s spirit by worrying about them too far in advance.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is a great thing to know our vices.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Nothing dries sooner than a tear.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A man of courage is also full of faith.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“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.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“While there’s life, there’s hope.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellence and endowments of the human mind.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Anger is the beginning of madness.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Never go to excess but let moderation be your guide.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is the character of a brave and resolute person not to be ruffled by adversity, and not to desert their post.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If you pursue good with labour, the labour passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Choose who to love.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The foundation of justice is good faith.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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