The law in Athens is true in Rome

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ethics Quotes

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

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

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

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.

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.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

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

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

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

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

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

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past