Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

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Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

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The more laws, the less justice.

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Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.

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Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

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The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

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The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.

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In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

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Tomorrow will give us something to think about

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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.

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All great men are partially inspired.

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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

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