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Marcus Tullius Cicero 180
Roman philosopher and statesman -106–-43 BCRelated quotes
Satires (c. 35 BC and 30 BC)
Original: (la) Nil sine magno
vita labore dedit mortalibus.
Book I, satire ix, line 59
“Without Obsession, Life Is Nothing”
“There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.”
“Friendship is Love without wings.”
L'Amitié est l'Amour sans Ailes, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“There cannot be friendship without equality.”
Pearls of Wisdom
“Friendship, 'tis said, is love without his wings,
And friendship, sir, is sweet enough for me.”
Source: Savonarola (1881), Candida to Valori in Act I, sc. ii; p. 35.
“Life is nothing without a good sense of humor.”
Books, Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (1981)
Eugene Kennedy, cited in: Kathy Wagoner (2002) The Promise of Friendship. p. 284