Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Friendship Quotes

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

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

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