Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

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No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

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I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

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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 nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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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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Like associates with like.

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History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

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Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already.

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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

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This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

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Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation than for those of business.

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Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

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