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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Nothing quite new is perfect.

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In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

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Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]

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Philosophy is the true mother of science.

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If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

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No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

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Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

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Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

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There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

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It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.

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There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. ... It will not lay down one rule at Rome and another at Athens, nor will it be one rule today and another tomorrow. But there will be one law eternal and unchangeable binding all times and upon all peoples.

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There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

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The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

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It is a great thing to know your vices.

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He he he... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's... madness.

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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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