Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Honor is the reward of virtue.

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For he, indeed, who looks into the face of a friend beholds, as it were, a copy of himself.

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Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

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What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

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When they remain silent, they cry out.

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There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

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The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.

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We are not born for ourselves alone.

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Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

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People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

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When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

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Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]

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Probability is the very guide of life.

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We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

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