Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

If any man has left us for fear of Nero, I shall not account him a coward; but I shall hail as a philosopher any man who has been superior to this fear, and I shall teach him all I know.

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.

It is better to die well than to live badly.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

A man must be willing to die for justice

If it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech, then let me go down linked to the truth—let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.

I would rather die having spoken in my manner, than speak in your manner and live.

A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.

Sacrifice life to truth.