The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Friendship Quotes

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

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...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

The sinews of war are infinite money.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

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...

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...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

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

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.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to...

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.