Nature herself makes the wise man rich. Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes From Marcus Tullius Cicero The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero reliability tests friendship We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race. Marcus Tullius Cicero community race men All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophical pain doubt That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it. Marcus Tullius Cicero loan kindness feelings Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero truth motivational friendship It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination. Marcus Tullius Cicero murder citizens impossible Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills. Marcus Tullius Cicero gentleman judging desire I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious. Marcus Tullius Cicero uneducated folly talking Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. Marcus Tullius Cicero virtue shadow inspirational Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero best-friend friendship men Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift? Marcus Tullius Cicero income philosophical people For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophical sake best-friend To some extent I liken slavery to death. Marcus Tullius Cicero slavery philosophical We are bound by the law, so that we may be free. Marcus Tullius Cicero lawyer law may The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs. Marcus Tullius Cicero men science thinking There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal. Marcus Tullius Cicero ageless eternal eternity A friend is, as it were, a second self. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophical cat friendship Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. Marcus Tullius Cicero denial philosophical silence The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophical trust truth The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. Marcus Tullius Cicero leisure things-in-life mean
