Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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As you have sown so shall you reap.

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Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

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War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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A home without books is a body without soul.

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The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.

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Man is his own worst enemy.

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A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

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In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

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Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.

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True nobility is exempt from fear.

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The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.

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It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.

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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

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The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue.

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More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

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After victory, you have more enemies.

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