We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one. 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 reliabilitytestsfriendship We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race. Marcus Tullius Cicero communityracemen All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophicalpaindoubt 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 loankindnessfeelings 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 truthmotivationalfriendship 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 murdercitizensimpossible 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 gentlemanjudgingdesire I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious. Marcus Tullius Cicero uneducatedfollytalking Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. Marcus Tullius Cicero virtueshadowinspirational Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero best-friendfriendshipmen Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift? Marcus Tullius Cicero incomephilosophicalpeople 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 philosophicalsakebest-friend To some extent I liken slavery to death. Marcus Tullius Cicero slaveryphilosophical We are bound by the law, so that we may be free. Marcus Tullius Cicero lawyerlawmay 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 mensciencethinking There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal. Marcus Tullius Cicero agelesseternaleternity A friend is, as it were, a second self. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophicalcatfriendship Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. Marcus Tullius Cicero denialphilosophicalsilence The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophicaltrusttruth The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. Marcus Tullius Cicero leisurethings-in-lifemean
