Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

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Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

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There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.

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The spirit is the true self.

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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

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Time is the herald of truth.

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That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.

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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong

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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

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A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

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Our minds are rendered buoyant by exercise.

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I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

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For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

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The works of nature must all be accounted good.

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No one dies too soon who has finished the course of perfect virtue.

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We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.

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