Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

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The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

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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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It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

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I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.

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Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

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No sober person dances.

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You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.

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They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.

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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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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

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If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]

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As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

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Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

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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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For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?

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