Famous Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

  • Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • 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

    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

  • 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

    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

  • There are no snares more dangerous than those which lurk under the guise of duty or the name of relationship. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    There are no snares more dangerous than those which lurk under the guise of duty or the name of relationship.– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • We are bound by the law, so that we may be free. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.– Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

    The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.– Marcus Tullius Cicero