Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.

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O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

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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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Let the punishment match the offense.

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

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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

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The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.

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He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.

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It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.

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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

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I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.

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Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

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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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Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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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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There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

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