Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

In times of war, the law falls silent.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

Life is nothing without friendship.

What can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.