Source: On Duties
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Famous Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
“Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)
“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”
“A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)
“A man of courage is also full of faith.”
Source: Tusculan Disputations: On the Nature of Gods, and the Commonwealth
“While there's life, there's hope.”
Source: The Life and Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero: Being a New Translation of the Letters Included in Mr. Watsons's Selection
“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”
Source: De Officiis
“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.”
Source: De Officiis: (English Edition)
“The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.”
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
Source: De Officiis Or on Duties on Obligations
“Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.”
“No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.”
Source: Essays on old age and friendship
“The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.”
Source: Cicero's Three Books of Offices: Or Moral Duties; Also His Cato Major ... Laelius ... Paradoxes; Scipio's Dream; and Letter to Quintus on the Duties of a Magistrate. Literally Tr., with Notes ...