Cicero

Political Science Roman -106 – -43 283 quotes

Greatest Roman orator and political philosopher

Quotes by Cicero

Nihil est tam utile quam ad tempus aptare consilia.

De Officiis -44

Quid est enim civitas nisi iuris societas?

De Legibus -52

Nulla est clementia, quae non aliquid severitatis habeat.

De Officiis -44

Non solum scire, sed etiam facere.

De Officiis -44

Iniquissimam pacem iustissimo bello antefero.

Epistulae ad Atticum -43

Quid enim est tam proprium, tamque naturale quam liberum esse?

De Officiis -44

Non est vivere, sed valere vita est.

Tusculanae Disputationes -45

Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.

Epistulae ad Familiares -44

Nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum, nihil facilius emittitur, nihil latius dissipatur.

Pro Cluentio -66

Virtutis laus omnis in actione consistit.

De Officiis -44

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

Philippics -44

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum -44

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Letters to Atticus -45

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

De Officiis -44

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

De Oratore -55

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

De Officiis -44

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

De Amicitia -45

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

In Catilinam -63

Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

De Legibus -51

The highest good is to live according to nature.

De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum -45