Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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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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Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

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

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If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

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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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Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

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Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

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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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It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.

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To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

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