Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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The human mind ever longs for occupation.

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

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He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

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Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

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This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition.

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I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.

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Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

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In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

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Life without learning is death.

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Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

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Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

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True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

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It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]

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

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