Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Hatred is settled anger.

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The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

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The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

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Falsehoods border on truths.

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Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

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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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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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What is permissible is not always honorable.

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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

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History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

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Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

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How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

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A true friend is a sort of second self.

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

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When they remain silent, they cry out.

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We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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Like readily consorts with like.

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