Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Love Quotes

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

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.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

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...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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...

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.