Ifs Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead. [Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable?…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus: "The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain,…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero