Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

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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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Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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Always the same thing.

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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

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Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

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O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. ... It will not lay down one rule at Rome and another at Athens, nor will it be one rule today and another tomorrow. But there will be one law eternal and unchangeable binding all times and upon all peoples.

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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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I am never less alone than when alone.

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I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]

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The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

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It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

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We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

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

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.

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The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

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The foundation of justice is good faith.

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