Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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Do nothing twice over.

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Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.

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The good of the people is the greatest law.

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Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

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No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy.

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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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There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

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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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Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. [Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.]

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Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

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The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

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Genius is fostered by industry.

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I know that it is likely that as worship of the gods declines, faith between men and all human society will disappear, as well as that most excellent of all virtues, which is justice.

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