Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

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Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

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To freemen, threats are impotent.

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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

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As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

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In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong

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Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

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It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

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Let each man have according to his deserts.

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People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

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The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master.

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

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

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