Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

This is the first precept of friendship: To ask of friends only what is honest, and to do only what is honest for them.

There is nothing so incredible that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

As for adversity, you would hardly bear it if you did not have a friend who suffers for you more than yourself.

It is not enough to attain wisdom, it is necessary to know how to use it.

My conscience has more weight for me than the opinion of the whole world.

If you have a garden near your library, you will lack nothing.

I even remember what I don't want. I can't forget what I want.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Friendship begins where interest ends or when it concludes.

Men are like wines: age sours the bad and improves the good.

Men fail to understand how great a revenue economy constitutes.

If you want to learn, teach.