Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Love
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But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.
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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
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Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.
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In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply to it) is of such exceeding triviality that I see nothing that I think comparable with it.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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