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
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
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
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
Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
— Cicero
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
— Cicero
I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.
— Cicero
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
— Cicero