Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Dum Spiro, spero- As long as I breathe, I hope.

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There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

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No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

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Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

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Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

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In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]

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In times of war, the law falls silent.

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That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]

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The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.

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For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

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Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

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Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

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History is the teacher of life

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