Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Unraveling the web of Penelope.

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Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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Hunger is the best sauce.

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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 illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life

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The human mind ever longs for occupation.

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Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

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Every animal loves itself.

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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 diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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A community is like the ones who govern it.

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Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

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There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

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To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

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More law, less justice.

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No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

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For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.

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