Quotes from Cicero

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

A man of faith is also full of courage

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

The essence of Ciceronian philosophy is a sense of wonder at the interconnectedness of human beings to one another and to the universe that encompasses them.

In communities and individuals alike, excessive freedom topples over into excessive slavery. Extreme freedom produces a tyrant, along with the extremely harsh and evil slavery that goes with him.

But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.

n the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self......

Some people will say that memory fades away as the years pass. Of course it does if you don't exercise it or aren't very bright to begin with. -- How to grow old: ancient wisdom for the second half of life.

The aim of a ship's captain is a successful voyage; a doctor's, health; a general's, victory. So the aim of our ideal statesman is the citizens' happy life--that is, a life secure in wealth, rich in resources, abundant in renown, and honorable in its moral character. That is the task which I wish him to accomplish--the greatest and best that any man can have.