In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes From Marcus Tullius Cicero The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. Marcus Tullius Cicero glory military life Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. Marcus Tullius Cicero oratory persuasion philosophical Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you. Marcus Tullius Cicero hurt enemy The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Marcus Tullius Cicero laughter heart friendship The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong Marcus Tullius Cicero causes serious law I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. Marcus Tullius Cicero powerful wise witty You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero friends real circumstances Those who do not know history will forever remain children Marcus Tullius Cicero knows forever children The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action. Marcus Tullius Cicero passion truth science To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero house giving book Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. Marcus Tullius Cicero brevity-of-life philosophical speech While the sick man has life, there is hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero sick hope men This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power. Marcus Tullius Cicero justice inspirational giving It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger. Marcus Tullius Cicero faithful real fire Extreme justice is extreme injustice. Marcus Tullius Cicero political prison justice A thankful heart is the greatest virtue. Marcus Tullius Cicero greatest-love thankfulness heart What is permissible is not always honorable. Marcus Tullius Cicero honorable A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues. Marcus Tullius Cicero thanksgiving thankful thank-you What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Marcus Tullius Cicero teaching education teacher Be a pattern to others and then all will go well. Marcus Tullius Cicero supervision patterns wells
