Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.

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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

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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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I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

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He has no worse enemy than himself.

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

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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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The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

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A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

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The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

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

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Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

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Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].

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The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

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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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Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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