Dum Spiro, spero Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Quote More from Marcus Tullius Cicero “Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.” “To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.” “Salus populi suprema est lex [the good of the people is the chief law].” “Angustus animus pecūniam amat".”