Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

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It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

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

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What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

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The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice.

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Peace is freedom in tranquility.

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Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

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Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

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Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

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There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

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He has no worse enemy than himself.

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For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

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It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

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There is no life without friendship

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The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.

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Falsehoods border on truths.

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Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

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