--- title: "Best Virtue Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero" description: "53 Virtue quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Plus more from Marcus Tullius Cicero and more Virtue sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_art_it-is-not-enough-merely-possess-virtue-a_1007502.jpg" --- > [It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/it-is-not-enough-merely-possess-virtue-as-if-it-were-an-art-it-should/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_art_it-is-not-enough-merely-possess-virtue-a_1007502.jpg) > [Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/pleasure-blinds-so-to-speak-the-eyes-of-the-mind-and-has-no/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_pleasure-blinds-so-to-speak-the-eyes-of_80669.jpg) > [Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/virtue-is-a-habit-of-the-mind-consistent-with-nature-and-moderation/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_virtue-is-a-habit-of-the-mind-consistent_1956431.jpg) > [It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/it-is-difficult-to-persuade-mankind-that-the-love-of-virtue-is-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_it-is-difficult-to-persuade-mankind-that_693254.jpg) > [The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-more-virtuous-any-man-is-the-less-easily-does-he-suspect-others/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_doe_the-more-virtuous-any-man-is-the-less-ea_1355977.jpg) > [Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/virtue-and-decency-are-so-nearly-related-that-it-is-difficult-to/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_virtue-and-decency-are-so-nearly-related_2052569.jpg) > [A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. \[Lat., Gratus animus est una…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/a-thankful-heart-is-not-only-the-greatest-virtue-but-the-parent-of-2/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_animus_a-thankful-heart-is-not-only-the-greates_2226548.jpg) > [We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/we-should-not-be-so-taken-up-in-the-search-for-truth-as-to-neglect/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_action_we-should-not-be-so-taken-up-in-the-sear_2828725.jpg) > [I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/i-add-this-that-rational-ability-without-education-has-oftener-raised/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_ability_i-add-this-that-rational-ability-without_3192656.jpg) > [It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/it-is-virtue-itself-that-produces-and-sustains-friendship-not-without/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_it-is-virtue-itself-that-produces-and-su_2510424.jpg) > [It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/it-is-virtue-virtue-which-both-creates-and-preserves-friendship-on-it/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_it-is-virtue-virtue-which-both-creates-a_1971137.jpg) > [I know that it is likely that as worship of the gods declines, faith between men and all human society will disappear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/i-know-that-it-is-likely-that-as-worship-of-the-gods-declines-faith/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_decline_i-know-that-it-is-likely-that-as-worship_485665.jpg) > [Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/natural-ability-without-education-has-more-often-attained-to-glory/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_ability_natural-ability-without-education-has-mo_2015467.jpg) ## Other authors on Virtue - [Aristotle 142 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/aristotle/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 101 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 71 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Samuel Johnson 59 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-confucius-24951.jpg) Confucius 59 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/confucius/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) - [Benjamin Franklin 51 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/benjamin-franklin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 47 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-adams-50864.jpg) John Adams 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/john-adams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/thomas-jefferson/) ## More by Marcus Tullius Cicero > [Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/laughing-laughing-laughing-laughing-it-is-the-jester-a-voice-from-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/this-is-a-proof-of-a-well-trained-mind-to-rejoice-in-what-is-good-and/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/let-art-then-imitate-nature-find-what-she-desires-and-follow-as-she/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/gratitude-is-not-only-the-greatest-of-virtues-but-the-parent-of-all/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. \[Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/things-sacred-should-not-only-be-touched-with-the-hands-but/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/grief-is-not-in-the-nature-of-things-but-in-opinion/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/physicians-when-the-cause-of-disease-is-discovered-consider-that-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nihil-est-incertius-vulgo-nihil-obscurius-voluntate-hominum-nihil/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-foundations-of-justice-are-that-on-one-shall-suffer-wrong-then/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-life-of-the-dead-is-set-in-the-memory-of-the-living/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Pardon is granted to necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/pardon-is-granted-to-necessity/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/friendship-embraces-innumerable-ends-turn-where-you-will-it-is-ever/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/history-is-the-witness-of-the-times-the-light-of-truth-the-life-of/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-jews-belong-to-a-dark-and-repulsive-force-one-knows-how-numerous/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nature-has-planted-in-our-minds-an-insatiable-longing-to-see-the-truth/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue/marcus-tullius-cicero/#itemlist", "name": "Best Virtue Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be 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