"Human dignity and freedom are our constant necessities. So, let us die with dignity"
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“In times of war, the law falls silent.
Silent enim leges inter arma”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Dum Spiro, spero- As long as I breathe, I hope.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere.
(No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.)”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Omnia mea mecum porto.”
("I carry all my things with me")
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Endless money forms the sinews of war.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)