I never cease urging peace, which, however unfair, is better than the justest war in the world.
Cicero on Memorial Day
b. 106 BC
15 quotes
Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.
A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its honor or its safety.
Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace.
An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home.
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
There are countless roads on all sides to the grave.
Endless money forms the sinews of war.
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.
The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.
I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home.
I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead.
For your altars and your fires.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cicero (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.