May Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he…

— 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

The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.…

— 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

Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union,…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero