Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

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The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices.

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.

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I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

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To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace. [Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa proverbio est.]

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There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

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Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

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He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

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Not in opinion but in nature is law founded.

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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God

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The works of nature must all be accounted good.

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Honor is the reward of virtue.

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The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

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Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

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