Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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An unjust peace is better than a just war. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
For walk where we will, we tread upon some story. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is a story that Simonides was dining at the house of a wealthy nobleman named Scopas at Crannon in Thessaly, and c — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I cannot find a faithful message-bearer," he wrote to his friend, the scholar Atticus. "How few are they who are able to — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately a — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We are bound by the law, so that we may be free. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There are no snares more dangerous than those which lurk under the guise of duty or the name of relationship. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Two distinctive traits especially identify beyond a doubt a strong and dominant character. One trait is contempt for ext — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In time of war the laws are silent. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The sinews of war are infinite money. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws are silent in time of war. — Marcus Tullius Cicero