Cicero

Political Science Roman -106 – -43 283 quotes

Greatest Roman orator and political philosopher

Quotes by Cicero

The greatest good is wisdom.

De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum

Truth is the foundation of all virtue.

De Officiis

The most beautiful things are not those we see with our eyes, but those we feel with our hearts.

De Amicitia

The soul is the seat of life.

Tusculan Disputations

The human race is born to serve the gods.

De Natura Deorum

The human mind is capable of infinite progress.

Tusculan Disputations

Life is a brief interval, to be used for good.

De Senectute

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

Tusculan Disputations

The greatest glory of a good man is his conscience.

De Officiis

There is nothing so absurd but it may be found in the books of philosophers.

De Divinatione

The true beauty of life lies in its impermanence.

De Senectute

The soul is immortal, and it is the source of all our thoughts and actions.

Tusculan Disputations

Amicitia est omnium rerum humanarum et divinarum consensio cum benevolentia et caritate.

De Amicitia -44

Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto.

De Officiis I (quoting Terence) -44

Virtus in media est.

De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum II -45

Nihil est tam absurdum quod non dictum sit ab aliquo philosophorum.

De Divinatione II -45

Ignoranti quem portum petat nullus ventus est bonus.

De Officiis I -45

Ratio est pars hominis, non pars naturae.

De Natura Deorum I -45

Non solum scire aliquid, sed etiam docere, pulchrum est.

De Oratore I -46

Melius est causam dicere quam tacere.

Pro Murena -63