Cicero

Political Science Roman -106 – -43 283 quotes

Greatest Roman orator and political philosopher

Quotes by Cicero

Old age is the crown of life, if one knows how to use it.

De Senectute

The desire for glory is the last thing to be laid aside even by the wise.

De Senectute

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain.

De Officiis

The mind is the man.

Tusculan Disputations

Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all a certain idea of God.

De Natura Deorum

The pursuit of truth is the noblest of all pursuits.

De Officiis

There is nothing more beautiful than to be useful to others.

De Officiis

The soul of man is immortal and divine.

Tusculan Disputations

Life is nothing without friendship.

De Amicitia

The memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

De Senectute

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

De Senectute

The mind is the proper judge of the body.

Tusculan Disputations

The ultimate good is to live in accordance with nature.

De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

De Natura Deorum

There is no beauty without some strangeness.

De Officiis

The human mind is a divine spark.

Tusculan Disputations

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

De Officiis

Death is not an evil, for it is common to all.

Tusculan Disputations

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

De Legibus

The mind is the man, and the man is the mind.

Tusculan Disputations