Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.

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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

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Falsehoods border on truths.

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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

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Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.

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I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.

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He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

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There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

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Justice renders to every one his due.

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Calamus fortior gladio.

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What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.

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I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

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