Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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Nature has inclined us to love men.

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There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

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When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.

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An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

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Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you: you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.

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There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

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

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What times! What manners!

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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)

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Friends are proved by adversity.

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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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