Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene.

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Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

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The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

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What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

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What is more agreeable than one's home?

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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

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The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

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Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

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An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

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Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

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He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave.

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The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.

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Unraveling the web of Penelope.

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