Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

While there’s life, there’s hope.

The more laws, the less justice.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.