The law in Athens is true in Rome

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ethics Quotes

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

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...

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

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...

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.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

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...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

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...

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.