Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

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Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

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The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

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It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

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

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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong

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Let the punishment match the offense.

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The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices.

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No one dies too soon who has finished the course of perfect virtue.

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Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

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The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus: "The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus asserts, holds the view that the heaven, sun, moon, stars, and in short all of the things on high are stationary, and that nothing in the world is in motion except the earth, which by revolving and twisting round its axis with extreme velocity produces all the same results as would be produced if the earth were stationary and the heaven in motion. . . ."

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