Quotes from Cicero

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

The more laws, the less justice.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

No man was ever great without a touch of divine afflatus.

Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.

The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.

Gratitude is the mother of the virtues.

Laws are inoperative in war

War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.