Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.

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To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

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It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

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So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!

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What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]

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Thrift is a great revenue.

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Time is the herald of truth.

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.

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Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

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The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

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Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

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