Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The beginnings of all things are small.

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

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Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

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

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They condemn what they do not understand.

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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

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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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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

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We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

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Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.

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Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

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A letter does not blush.

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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

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Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

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The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus: "The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus asserts, holds the view that the heaven, sun, moon, stars, and in short all of the things on high are stationary, and that nothing in the world is in motion except the earth, which by revolving and twisting round its axis with extreme velocity produces all the same results as would be produced if the earth were stationary and the heaven in motion. . . ."

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