Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. [Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix, expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]

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

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Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]

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Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.

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Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

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A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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Strain every nerve to gain your point.

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That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

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

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

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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.

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