Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Ancient Roman Military Personnel
Ancient Roman Politician
Ancient Roman Priest
Jurist
Lawyer
Orator
Philosopher
Poet
Political Theorist
Dallas
Texas
Marcus Tullius Cicero
M. Tullii Ciceronis
Marcus Tullius -- Translations into French Cicero
Like
Sun
World
Friendship
Friend
Left
Away
True
Esteemed
Take
Robbing
Life
Sweetness
More quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
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 in the winde But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale and woe The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the same overthrowe.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. ... It will not lay down one rule at Rome and another at Athens, nor will it be one rule today and another tomorrow. But there will be one law eternal and unchangeable binding all times and upon all peoples.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Justice renders to every one his due.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The works of nature must all be accounted good.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
