Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

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Freedom is participation in power.

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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.

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If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.

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Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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Cicero is dead! Cicero is born! The laughter has filled me, filled me so very completely. I am the laughter. I am the jester. The soul that has served as my constant companion for so long has breached the veil of the Void finally and forever. It is now in me. It is me. The world has seen the last of Cicero the man. Behold Cicero, Fool of Hearts - laughter incarnate!

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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 confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

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I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

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Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones.

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They condemn what they do not understand.

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The beginnings of all things are small.

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Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.

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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

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The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

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