Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. — Marcus Tullius Cicero