Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

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The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

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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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To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

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There are no true friends in politics.

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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

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There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

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The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

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We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

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An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

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The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions and the Practice of Virtue; in which he who labours to improve himself from his Youth, will in Age reap the happiest Fruits of them; not only because these never leave a Man, not even in the extremest Old Age; but because a Conscience bearing Witness that our Life was well-spent, together with the Remembrance of past good Actions, yields an unspeakable Comfort to the Soul

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The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.

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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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Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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There is nothing which God cannot do. [Lat., Nihil est quod deus efficere non possit.]

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The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

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

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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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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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