Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.

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

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Generosity should never exceed ability.

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Philosophy is the true mother of science.

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Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.

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You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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More law, less justice.

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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.

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Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

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We are born poets. we become orators.

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For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.

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

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I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.]

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Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

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It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

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