Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

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They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.

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There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune.

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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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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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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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There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

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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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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

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Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made them.

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This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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Old age by nature is rather talkative.

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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

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Every animal loves itself.

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There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

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