Philosophical Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes And Sayings

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.

The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

To live is to think.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

A home without books is a body without soul.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.