Cicero
Greatest Roman orator and political philosopher
Quotes by Cicero
Nihil est tam utile quam ad tempus aptare consilia.
Quid est enim civitas nisi iuris societas?
Nulla est clementia, quae non aliquid severitatis habeat.
Non solum scire, sed etiam facere.
Iniquissimam pacem iustissimo bello antefero.
Quid enim est tam proprium, tamque naturale quam liberum esse?
Non est vivere, sed valere vita est.
Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.
Nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum, nihil facilius emittitur, nihil latius dissipatur.
Virtutis laus omnis in actione consistit.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.
The highest good is to live according to nature.