List of quotes from Cicero
"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason."
by Cicero
"Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude."
by Cicero
"It is a great thing to know our vices."
by Cicero
"We must not say every mistake is a foolish one."
by Cicero
"In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory."
by Cicero
"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity."
by Cicero
"The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct."
by Cicero
"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions."
by Cicero
"Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)"
by Cicero
"Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge."
by Cicero
"A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind."
by Cicero
"In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body."
by Cicero
"Nature herself makes the wise man rich."
by Cicero
"Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly."
by Cicero