Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

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...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

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...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

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

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

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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...