Quotes from Cicero
To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.
— Cicero
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
— Cicero
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
— Cicero
There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.
— Cicero
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.
— Cicero
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.
— Cicero
Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
— Cicero
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered
— Cicero
No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.
— Cicero
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
— Cicero
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
— Cicero
The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.
— Cicero