Cicero
Roman statesman, orator and philosopher, 106-43 BC
9 quotes.
Quotes by Cicero
- A man of courage is also full of faith.
- Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honourable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
- Fear is a bad guardian of a thing that requires to last, while, on the other hand, affection is faithful to the end.
- For gratitude not merely stands alone at the head of all the virtues, but is even mother of all the rest.
- For the whole glory of virtue is in activity.
- Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
- More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.
- Such friendship enhances prosperity, and relieves adversity of its burden by halving and sharing it.
- You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.