Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made them.

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When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future: when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries hence arising,--I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.

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In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

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The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

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Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

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Let each man have according to his deserts.

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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

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The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

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It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

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No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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Saving the virtues includes all other advantages

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To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass.

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The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

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